Dharmakirti Joshi &Amp; Manoranjan Pattanayak

Expect no rate cut in FY15

Soft crude prices will cut fuel subsidy bill and help contain fiscal slippage this year.

Interest rates should rise, but by how much?

After a good show in 2010-11, the economy has now started to show signs of fatigue.

'Budgets rarely follow the Survey's sermon'

Last year, the Survey suggested a long list of reforms, but most of these found no place in the Budget.

How to deal with India's fiscal deficit

The first thing the new government has to do is to spell out its plan to deal with the mounting fiscal deficit.

How to deal with the price surge

Until self-sufficiency in food is achieved, targeted subsidies and food distribution need to be beefed up to protect society's vulnerable sections.

When did India move to a new growth path?

Most believe it was in the post-1991 period, but the structural break took place in 1980-85.

Can exports propel India's growth?

Can private consumption be India's growth engine?