The Tamil Nadu budget-2023-24 presented by Finance Minister PTR Palanivel Thiaga Rajan on March 20, 2023 has evoked mixed reactions in the State.In a panel discussion on the budget, anchored by G. Ananthakrishnan, a senior journalist, on behalf of inmathi.com, Prof. R. Gandhi, former deputy...
The third successive budget speech of Dr. Palanivel Thyagarajan, finance minister of Tamil Nadu, marks a distinct change in its tone and tenor. His first budget speech, preceded by his release of the important White Paper on the Finances of Tamil Nadu, had made sharp criticism of the Union...
With the much-awaited announcement in the Tamil Nadu Budget on giving women heads of households Rs.1,000 per month from September 15 this year, Finance Minister PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan met one of the key promises of the DMK in the 2021 Assembly election and raised the bar for election...
The Tamil Nadu government is set to present its Budget for the year 2023-2024 on March 20 amid expectations that it will keep electoral promises made by the DMK such as aid for women, and that it will announce a return to the Old Pension Scheme, despite constraints. The state, like many others,...
Human beings serve society by engaging in economic production and distribution or by providing services, among other things. After decades of work, say, at age 60, one feels so tired as to withdraw from the services. Then it is for society to take care of his/her economic needs in old age. That...
When OTT (over the top) platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ Hotstar brought films to homes when theatres were shut during Covid lockdowns, it was hailed as a good alternative to theatres. People still patronise OTTs, spared as they are the pain of going all the way to...
The Union Budget for the financial year 2023-24 features many growth-oriented aspects that are essential, but it doesn’t create sufficient conditions to maintain high economic growth in the country. The budget hopes to strike a balance between the aspirations of the youth, which are a large...
In an interview given to inmathi.com, tax consultants N Sundar and Arun Karunanidhi say that the new tax regime has more advantages rather than disadvantages. They are talking about the individual income tax proposals made in the Budget 2023-24 submitted in Parliament on February 1. The buzz...
Prof Venkatesh Athreya, an economist and adjunct professor at Asian College of Journalism, has termed the union government’s Budget 2023 presented on February 1 as a non-budget. In an interview given to inmathi.com, he called the budget an exercise in which only big corporations, the affluent...
January 2023 marks the introduction of Royal Enfield’s first twin-cylinder cruiser for the domestic and global markets, proudly made in Tamil Nadu. The demands of the Indian motorcycling community are unlike in any other country. There was a boom in the past decade in India of adventurous youth...
