TCA Srinivasa Raghavan in his Line & Length column says that private sector is not pulling its weight, and argues that it must pick up the slack in investmen trather than bank on the government to do it.
Analysing household consumption trends, Aarati Krishnan, in her fortnightly column Circuit Breaker, points out that, contrary to popular belief, lower income consumers are splurging while the affluent have cut back.
In her column, Ashima Goyal highlights that the rupee, thanks to RBI’s policy interventions, hasn’ toverly depreciated and is less volatile than many peer country currencies.
In his article ‘Budget could do with a shift in goal posts’, Madan Sabnavis argues that the Budget should frame a medium term strategy for fiscal consolidation and take a broader view on capex.

