income tax, budget 2023

Budget 2023 may raise income tax exemption limit

The govt will benefit more from expanding the tax base by raising income tax exemption limit than from making existing taxpayers pay more. Read more »
Looming energy crisis

Long winter: Europe’s energy crisis is far from over

The year 2023 will be a make or break one for Europe's endeavour to avert a full-blown energy crisis as it faces a supply-demand gap of 27 billion cubic meters. Read more »
cryptocurrencies

Future tense: Too early to write off cryptocurrencies

The RBI maintains that cryptocurrencies posed a threat to the macroeconomic and financial stability of the Indian economy. Read more »
renewable energy, solar energy,

India set to be a leader in renewable energy, but may still miss own targets

India has a long way to go before it achieves its renewable energy targets and makes a dent in climate change mitigation. Read more »
looming global recession

A gloomy new year ahead with trends pointing to a global recession

The indicators point to a global recession in 2023, but its severity will depend on several factors such as the covid situation in China. Read more »
Monsoon, agriculture

Budget 2023 must focus on agriculture, rural income

Union Budget 2023 must step up funding for agriculture and rural economy which accounts for a fifth of India's GDP and employs 40% of the workforce. Read more »
Universal pension and health coverage

Public health: India must step up funding, leverage technology to improve access

As the private medical system is unaffordable to a majority of citizens, the PHC-UHC approach can be adopted to improve access to the public health system. Read more »
India-UK FTA

Gathering storms: Contraction of UK economy stokes deep recession fears

The UK economy is lagging behind other G7 countries with manufacturing and construction pulling down the headline GDP growth figure. Read more »
zero covid policy, economy,

Zero covid policy: China’s folly to haunt global economy

China and the global economy will pay dearly for the abrupt withdrawal of the zero covid policy by the Xi regime without proper guidance from public health authorities. Read more »
Himalayan ecology, joshimath

Greenland’s glaciers are melting 100 times faster than estimates

A new model for estimating the melt rates of glacial ice finds massive underestimation of ice loss from their vertical faces of Greenland’s glaciers. Read more »