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Why Markets Miss the Point on Budget 2026

The stock market is a poor judge of a country’s annual economic policy statement. The Sensex’s 1.88% fall...

 February 3, 2026

Health Spending in Budget 2026: Promises Without Priority?

The Union Budget 2026 makes several headline-grabbing announcements in the health sector, from expanding the caregiving workforce to...

 February 3, 2026

India’s Borrowing Challenge After Budget FY27

The Union Budget for FY27 has stayed the course on fiscal prudence, resisting the political temptation to expand...

 February 3, 2026

India’s Budget Trifecta: Discipline With Direction

The Union Budget continues a fiscal strategy that has been carefully refined over the past few years: simplify...

 February 3, 2026

EU–India FTA: Big Deal or Bigger Test?

Calling the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union and India “the mother of all deals”...

 February 3, 2026

Ecology Without Muddy Boots?

For generations, ecology was inseparable from physical fieldwork — trudging through forests, wetlands and reefs to observe life...

 February 3, 2026

AI Toys and Children: Where Play Meets Risk

Generative AI has quietly entered children’s playrooms in the form of plush companions, talking robots and interactive toys....

 February 3, 2026

Urban India and Budget 2026: Who Pays the Price?

As the Union Budget 2026 was presented, familiar phrases—capital investment, growth momentum, and the vision of Viksit Bharat—once...

 February 3, 2026

Fiscal Rules and the Budget Trade-offs

The direction of fiscal policy is never neutral; it is shaped by the fiscal rules a government chooses...

 February 3, 2026

Social Sector Signals in Budget 2026–27

Budget 2026–27 is unusual for what it does not do. For the first time in several years, there...

 February 3, 2026

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