All stories by Ishan Bakshi
GST may burn a hole in middle class' pocket
Rediff.com9 Aug 2016Taxes on health, excluding medicines, could rise from 8.8 per cent currently, to around 13.6 per cent - an increase of 4.8 per cent.
Which sector to benefit most from GST?
Rediff.com6 Aug 2016Moody's expects tax to be lower than the multitude of taxes such as sales tax, excise duties, local taxes, and value-added taxes the automobile sector currently pays
'Narasimha Rao pushed reforms through stealth'
Rediff.com10 Jul 2016Political scientist Vinay Sitapati explores the role played by the then Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao in steering the reforms through in his new book Half Lion.
Impact of the pay hike burden on 11 key states
Rediff.com8 Jul 2016West Bengal and Maharashtra, despite having fewer public sector employees, are likely to face a higher burden of salaries and pensions.
Among durables, households spend highest on vehicles
Rediff.com30 Jun 2016The survey covered 47,535 households in rural areas and 36,065 households in urban areas.
With US interest rates heading upwards, how will India fare?
Rediff.com17 Jun 2016Higher interest rates in the US do not necessarily coincide with capital outflows.
For panchayats, financial freedom is a distant dream
Rediff.com10 Jun 2016The Finance Commission has substantially increased the allocation of funds to panchayats, but a large part of it is apportioned by state governments.
The curious case of GDP discrepancies
Rediff.com2 Jun 2016This time there has been a rather peculiar criticism of the latest GDP numbers.
Dark clouds over India's growth engines
Rediff.com31 May 2016Small and medium enterprises have been struggling to raise bank credit even as they have been powering India's manufacturing growth in recent years.
How India lost Rs 50,000 crore in taxes
Rediff.com16 Apr 2016Agricultural incomes can be taxed without hurting farmers, as a substantial section - the small and marginal ones - will remain outside the tax net simply because their incomes are likely to be below the basic exemption limit of Rs 250,000 per annum that is extended to all taxpayers in India, finds out Ishan Bakshi.
Good economics is good politics? How 6 states spend cash
Rediff.com21 Mar 2016Ishan Bakshi studies the Budgets of six states, their expenditure priorities and outlays to understand the trend.
The curious case of India's industrial growth
Rediff.com24 Feb 2016The greatest disconnect lies in the estimates of industrial growth.
How lack of 'suitable' jobs is holding back women employment
Rediff.com9 Feb 2016A new paper by blames 'jobs deficit' for the decline in female labour force.
Chinese movie mogul's big bet on Haryana
Rediff.com29 Jan 2016He is widely admired for maintaining an almost military like discipline and is not known to smoke or drink
Acche din for the Indian economy? Not yet
Rediff.com4 Dec 2015Fresh investments are constrained by tepid demand.
Pay commission could spook India's fiscal plans
Rediff.com23 Nov 2015Govt is likely to find it hard to meet deficit target next year.
Woman power can script India's success story
Rediff.com13 Nov 2015An additional 68 million women could potentially enter the labour force over the coming decade.
Are headline agricultural growth numbers misleading?
Rediff.com21 Sep 2015Poor rainfall has also depleted water reservoirs levels, which is likely to impact the winter crops.
Modi isn't as popular as you think
Rediff.com3 Sep 2015In Asia-Pacific's public eye, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is below Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japan's Shinzo Abe, according a survey
Govt just shrank proposed homes of 7 mn households
Rediff.com9 Jul 2015Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana envisages housing to 20 mn households by 2022.