The state finance minister, P Thiyagarajan delivered a welfare budget on March 18. But there was little in it to support projections on economic growth and tax buoyancy that would pay for the spending while keeping deficits under control. The budget is not aimed at increasing economic growth...
While many in Tamil Nadu are proud of its social and economic achievements, here's something Tamil Nadu can learn from Bihar: state economic survey. Nationally, two documents present a picture of the state of the Indian economy: the Union government budget and the Economic Survey. The Union...
In the nine months it has been in power, the DMK government has announced a welfare schemes and borrowed more money but has done little to institute structural reforms and rev up TN economy. The strengths and weaknesses of a state economy are often well known. Tamil Nadu is no exception. But...
The recently concluded urban local body polls in Tamil Nadu had the BJP going alone for the first time since 2011. Elections in TN often generate much attention. Regional identities, welfare politics and Dravidian ideology rule the narrative in them. Every election comes with a distinctive...
There are enough laws to make local self-governance robust, but will the Dravidian parties give urban local bodies funds and power?
Medical education has been in the hands of a few elite, but NEET is making it a level-playing field, argues policy expert Chandrasekaran
High transmission loss and poor monitoring of free farm power are crippling a state with otherwise high potential for power generation. Tamil Nadu must make use of the budget clause that allows borrowings to bridge fiscal deficit of up to 0.5% of GSDP, for power sector reforms.
Chief Economic Adviser Anantha Nageswaran wants less regulation, more district-level delivery mechanisms, and has defended demonetization.
India as a nation entered the trillion-dollar economy club in 2007. India set a goal in 2018 to become a 5 trillion-dollar economy by 2024-25. Amid this, a few states in India have set a vision of becoming trillion-dollar economies. But this seems overly ambitious even though it is a reflection...
Healthy dissent and public debates are key elements of a vibrant democracy. Bad governance or misgovernance can mar this. Misgovernance is a slow reveal which means that only a few grasp quickly what is going on. Democracy is not a recent import as some believe but has been part of the...
