Page 149 - Editorial Comment

Wrong flight path: Govt's latest proposals for Air India won't help at all

With jet fuel prices starting to move north, a recovery by Air India looks all the more improbable

The defence budget reveals India's core weaknesses

Budget has provided for just a 4.27 per cent rise in defence allocation for 2017-18

Legalise farmland leasing

Both land owners and tenants will benefit

Wise caution

RBI shifts stance, mindful of uncertainty

Unhealthy trend

The share of cess and surcharge in tax revenue has risen sharply

Trump's alternative vision

The US has to be ready for serial disruptions

Taxman's accountability

Action against tax evasion should not be discretionary

Affordable housing's real cost

Easier bank credit to real estate comes with associated risks

Lifting rural productivity

Govt does well to abjure populism in Budget

A modest beginning

Budget provisions on political funding underwhelm

Treacherous Sesame

China's social credit scheme will undermine civil liberties

Changing tracks

Proposals for Indian Railways are welcome

Thinking small

Preference for small-scale firms isn't a good idea

Amidst uncertainty, some stability

Like much else in economics, Budgets too need to be de-mystified

Taxing cash

CMs' panel suggestions on digital economy are misguided

Budget: Govt must resist temptation to spend more, stick to fiscal path

Why it would be unwise to stray away from fiscal consolidation

Sequencing matters

Govt should first build its capacity to administer policy

Sober expectations

Economic Survey outlines barriers to restoring high growth

Unfair demand

Election Commission must review its call on cash withdrawal

The state of democracy

India moves up in the latest index but challenges remain