DAILY NEWS ANALYSIS
02 August, 2019
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Context
While it is important for a government to pursue a sound economic policy, including management of the public finances, it is yet another matter to make a fetish of any one aspect of it. The latter appears to govern this government’s approach to policy when the fiscal deficit is given pride of place in its self-assessment.
Thread of fiscal discipline
Fiscal discipline
Actually, the point is two-fold:
Overall imbalance in the Budget –
Rewards yet to be seen
Implications of Revenue deficits
This has three implications:
International borrowing
Justification of the move
Concerns with it
Conclusion
Source: The Hindu
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Both parties expressed satisfaction with the ongoing bilateral defence cooperation at the 8th India-Thailand Defence Dialogue, which was held in Bangkok, Thailand. Cultural ties and mutual cooperation that have been shaped by thousands of years of lasting historical and cultural ties characterise India and Thailand relations. Highlight
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