India budget basics: If the calculations puzzle you, this is how the budget maths really works

Union Budget: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present India's Union Budget 2026 in February. The budget's core is ...

India's GDP data debate: Why current methods remain robust and what will change with the 2026 base revision

India’s GDP is measured using globally accepted SNA methods, and despite an outdated base year, key economic activity is ...

Is India's growth real? Making sense of IMF’s rating and GDP data issues

While the GDP data issues are not new, what’s new is the rating system by the IMF—started last year—that has brought to ...