Thursday, February 25, 1999
Despair on deficit
The pre-budget Economic Survey, 1998-99, pulls no punches. The budget deficit, it shows, is hardly under control. This may not be as trite as it seems.
Wanted: An economically uplifting budget
The finance minister will announce his budget on February 28, 1999. Sinha has to present a budget that must jolt the economy back onto track. India cannot afford the luxury of going forward in slow march.
Fiscal need vs political reality
Since the time Yashwant Sinha presented his first budget, there has been a considerable slowdown in industry resulting in growing unemployment and an adverse tax collection.
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