It is often what is not in the Budget speech that gives a better insight into the government’s thinking. A quick look at some of them As in every Budget these days, it is not what is said in the Budget speech but what...
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Prosenjit Datta
Three Pieces of Advice for the Government
The Finance Minister would do well to keep these basic principles in mind It is the job of opinion writers to give advice to the government. It is the prerogative of the government to ignore them. Before any budget...
How to Understand the Budget
Five things to keep in mind to separate the noise from the substance For business editors, corporate titans and economists, the great Budget circus is an annual national event second only to, perhaps, IPL. The build up...
The Pre Budget Podcast 4 – The Agriculture questions
The Finance Minister’s allocations for agriculture and her proposals for the sector will be keenly watched in the upcoming Budget. Anand Ramanathan, Partner of Deloitte India joins Prosenjit Datta, Editor in...
The Pre Budget Podcast 3 – Fixing the Economy
Sanjay Kumar, Partner and National Public Policy Leader of Deloitte India joins Prosenjit Datta, Editor in Chief, Prosaicview to discuss what the Budget can do to speed up the recovery and put India back on a sustained...
The Pre Budget Podcast 1 – Exports
Mahesh Jaisingh, partner, Deloitte and Prosenjit Datta discuss what the government can do to improve India’s export performance
Bad Data and Policy Making
Policies are only as good as the statistics used for arriving at the decisions – and the Indian government has been found wanting in that respect. For a government that is extremely fond of repeating that Data is the...
