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Neeti Shikha

Can Budget 2021 be panacea for the pandemic?

January 28, 2021

The 2020 budget faced wide diversions from its projected course due to high uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially designed to cater to varying economic needs of multiple sections of society, in the backdrop of sluggish growth and low tax collections clubbed with slow domestic demand, the 2020 budget...

Losing ground of economic freedom: Moving beyond the rhetoric

September 18, 2020

In the recent ranking of the country’s economic freedom, India’s ranking has slipped by 26 spots. The report measures economic freedom based on several quantitative and qualitative factors, grouped into four broad categories, or pillars, of economic freedom that includes rule of law, government size, regulatory efficiency and open market....

Indian agriculture sector: Time to let the ‘Invisible Hand’ lead

August 27, 2020

Agriculture sector in India has suffered from the apathy, inaction and myopism of the government until 2020. The sector employs more than 50 percent of the workforce of the country; however, it contributes less than twenty percent to the country’s GDP. For the first time in the history of India,...