Economy Archives - prosaicview https://www.prosaicview.com/tag/economy/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:41:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Scorched Earth War https://www.prosaicview.com/scorched-earth-war/ https://www.prosaicview.com/scorched-earth-war/#respond Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:40:57 +0000 https://www.prosaicview.com/?p=399 It is not clear how the term “scorched earth strategy” came about. Some point to war reporting by journalists who started using the phrase to describe the tactics of a certain US General in World War 2. Others say it is the English translation of the Chinese phrase jiaoutu zhengce – literally scorched earth policy […]

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]]> https://www.prosaicview.com/scorched-earth-war/feed/ 0 PSUs: The Right Questions and the Wrong Ones https://www.prosaicview.com/psus-selling-the-family-silver/ https://www.prosaicview.com/psus-selling-the-family-silver/#respond Sun, 01 Aug 2021 07:53:59 +0000 https://www.prosaicview.com/?p=367 The two most important questions are almost never asked when the decision to disinvest or privatise a PSU is taken Whenever any government in India announces its intention to privatise or otherwise dispose off any public sector enterprise (PSE), a heated debate starts off. The current target of trying to get Rs 1.75 lakh crore […]

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]]> https://www.prosaicview.com/psus-selling-the-family-silver/feed/ 0 Low Savings, Rising Debt https://www.prosaicview.com/low-savings-rising-debt/ https://www.prosaicview.com/low-savings-rising-debt/#respond Thu, 24 Jun 2021 06:09:46 +0000 https://www.prosaicview.com/?p=351 The Reserve Bank of India’s latest statistics of household savings and debt  paint a dismal picture How badly has Covid 19 hit Indian household finances? The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) household savings and debt trends give a good insight. These data sets come with a lag and we do not have data for the […]

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]]> https://www.prosaicview.com/low-savings-rising-debt/feed/ 0 The Economic Costs of Not Vaccinating Everyone https://www.prosaicview.com/the-economic-costs-of-not-vaccinating-everyone/ https://www.prosaicview.com/the-economic-costs-of-not-vaccinating-everyone/#respond Sat, 01 May 2021 04:00:42 +0000 https://www.prosaicview.com/?p=335 This should be the question — not what is the cost of vaccinating At the time of writing this piece, heated arguments are taking place about the total cost of vaccination; who will pay; and how much they need to pay. The union government has made it clear that it will not bear the entire […]

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]]> https://www.prosaicview.com/the-economic-costs-of-not-vaccinating-everyone/feed/ 0 The Real Cost of Vaccinating Everyone https://www.prosaicview.com/the-real-cost-of-vaccinating-everyone/ https://www.prosaicview.com/the-real-cost-of-vaccinating-everyone/#respond Sun, 25 Apr 2021 09:54:46 +0000 https://www.prosaicview.com/?p=330 The union government’s role and the prices announced by the vaccine makers raises far too many disquieting questions. What is the total cost to the government of vaccinating everyone in India? The calculation is straightforward but the answer varies a lot depending on the assumptions you make. We know that our total population is roughly […]

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]]> https://www.prosaicview.com/the-real-cost-of-vaccinating-everyone/feed/ 0 Not Just Vaccination https://www.prosaicview.com/not-just-vaccination/ https://www.prosaicview.com/not-just-vaccination/#respond Tue, 13 Apr 2021 13:58:34 +0000 https://www.prosaicview.com/?p=328 While fixing vaccine supplies, the government also needs to take care of these three things it has ignored so far The government and the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) finally seem to have woken up to the vaccine supply shortage problem. One day after the third vaccine, Sputnik V, was given emergency use authorisation […]

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]]> https://www.prosaicview.com/not-just-vaccination/feed/ 0 The Prosaicview Podcast on SEIS https://www.prosaicview.com/the-prosaicview-podcast-on-seis/ https://www.prosaicview.com/the-prosaicview-podcast-on-seis/#respond Sun, 04 Apr 2021 15:09:19 +0000 https://www.prosaicview.com/?p=314 Prosenjit Datta, Editor of Prosaicview discuss the uncertainties caused by the delay in renewing the Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS) and the impact on Indian exports because of that with Mahesh Jaising, Partner and Indirect Tax Leader, Deloitte India https://www.buzzsprout.com/1631632/episodes/8268891

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]]> https://www.prosaicview.com/the-prosaicview-podcast-on-seis/feed/ 0 The Pre Budget Podcast 1 – Exports https://www.prosaicview.com/the-pre-budget-podcast-1-exports/ https://www.prosaicview.com/the-pre-budget-podcast-1-exports/#respond Thu, 21 Jan 2021 04:53:59 +0000 https://www.prosaicview.com/?p=281 Mahesh Jaisingh, partner, Deloitte and Prosenjit Datta discuss what the government can do to improve India’s export performance https://www.buzzsprout.com/1631632/episodes/7405189

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]]> https://www.prosaicview.com/the-pre-budget-podcast-1-exports/feed/ 0 1980s: The Overlooked Decade https://www.prosaicview.com/1980s-the-overlooked-decade/ https://www.prosaicview.com/1980s-the-overlooked-decade/#respond Mon, 23 Nov 2020 05:33:24 +0000 https://www.prosaicview.com/?p=267 While the 1990s is taken as the decade when economic reforms were initiated, the role of the policies of the 1980s need to be re examined In our post-Independence history, the 1980s is generally remembered for all the wrong reasons. The first half was marred by the Khalistani movement and the violence in Punjab, followed […]

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]]> https://www.prosaicview.com/1980s-the-overlooked-decade/feed/ 0 Reach out to the states https://www.prosaicview.com/reach-out-to-the-states/ https://www.prosaicview.com/reach-out-to-the-states/#respond Tue, 20 Oct 2020 13:58:44 +0000 https://www.prosaicview.com/?p=250 The Union Government can hope to revive the economy and implement its reforms if it mends its relationship with the states The extent of the economic mess India finds itself in is hardly a secret. The most stringent lockdown in the world hit an economy that was already on its knees even before most economic […]

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