Roshan Kishore is the Data and Political Economy Editor at Hindustan Times. His weekly column for HT Premium Terms of Trade appears every Friday.
Articles by Roshan Kishore
Number Theory: The rise and rise of India’s income tax collections
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Published on Feb 03, 2025 09:27 AM IST
What the budget does for politics
The budget aims to appeal to BJP's urban middle class, solidify support in Delhi, and bolster its Bihar narrative ahead of upcoming elections.
Published on Feb 02, 2025 06:46 AM IST
What the budget does for demand
The budget focuses on economic prudence, maintaining income support allocations, while reducing income taxes to boost middle-class purchasing power and demand.
Published on Feb 02, 2025 06:36 AM IST
What the budget does for the fisc
The budget focuses on fiscal consolidation amidst slow growth and inflation, with increased reliance on income tax collections from wealthy taxpayers.
Published on Feb 02, 2025 06:34 AM IST
What the Budget 2025 means for economic reforms
The finance minister will introduce a new income tax bill next week, signalling major tax reforms. The budget includes customs duty cuts and support for MSMEs.
Published on Feb 02, 2025 01:16 AM IST
Number Theory: Three things to watch out for in today's Budget
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Updated on Feb 01, 2025 09:01 AM IST
Terms of Trade: Why we should stop hyperventilating about the Budget
The Budget cannot do much to change the Indian economy’s fortunes. In fact, it only distracts us from the central question at hand
Updated on Jan 30, 2025 12:21 PM IST
Number Theory: Three charts that put Budget 2025-26 in perspective
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Published on Jan 30, 2025 08:33 AM IST
The power of Delhi’s Purvanchali vote
Behind the story of the Burari seat lies the tale of evolution of the Purvanchali voter base – how a voter bloc went from outsiders to leaders
Published on Jan 27, 2025 10:14 PM IST
India's economic worldview will have to change from China+1 to US+1
A second Trump presidency will not cripple the Indian economy but cause enough policy pain, which will only get worse if objectivity is lacking
Published on Jan 24, 2025 07:00 AM IST
Number Theory: A peripheral shift in Delhi politics
Delhi’s changing demographics, and the role of migration and economic transformation in this process is a matter of interest for ethnographers and demographers.
Published on Jan 23, 2025 11:11 AM IST
Number Theory: Going after skilled Indian workers in the US may backfire
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Updated on Jan 22, 2025 08:58 AM IST
Terms of Trade | Can capital be inherently socially progressive?
To go to war with capitalism from a class perspective, you need to have a solid class alliance behind you.
Published on Jan 17, 2025 06:12 PM IST
Number Theory: Why Congress cannot decide what to do with AAP
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Published on Jan 16, 2025 09:03 AM IST
Number Theory: Demand, welfare, growth — The Budget’s trilemma
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Updated on Jan 15, 2025 09:07 AM IST
Terms of Trade | Delhi’s reckoning with democracy
AAP's core political economy model is to divert state resources from investment to supporting the short-term consumption of the poor.
Published on Jan 10, 2025 02:04 PM IST
GDP growth to hit 4-yr-low of 6.4% in FY25: Govt estimate
India's GDP is projected to grow 6.4% in 2024-25, down from 8.2% in 2023-24, due to reduced investment, impacting fiscal and monetary policies ahead.
Updated on Jan 08, 2025 06:22 AM IST
Terms of Trade: 2025, 100 years of two polar opposite political projects
The RSS has proved to be far more successful than the CPI hundred years after they were formed. But this does not mean class has become irrelevant in India
Updated on Jan 03, 2025 03:40 PM IST
Number Theory: In 2024, the Congress gained some and lost some
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Updated on Jan 02, 2025 08:45 AM IST
2024 yearender: A year marred by great economic uncertainties
Trump's second presidency may disrupt global capitalism, impacting India's economy through tariffs, currency markets, and domestic policy challenges in 2025.
Updated on Dec 31, 2024 06:24 AM IST
Roshan Kishore picks his favourite read of 2024
A history-in-progress that shows how colonial authority and anticolonial resistance, warfare and nationalism, partitions, and postcolonial state-building shaped India’s near east
Published on Dec 27, 2024 03:41 PM IST
Manmohan Singh: Astute economic thinker who leaves behind a lasting legacy
Manmohan Singh’s ideas of a mixed economy were radically different from what the Congress tried to achieve when India gained Independence
Updated on Dec 27, 2024 04:31 AM IST
How 1991 economic reforms changed India
Singh took over as the finance minister when the economy was close to sovereign default, and completely altered its course
Updated on Dec 27, 2024 08:40 AM IST
How Manmohan Singh’s economic reforms changed India
Manmohan Singh took over as the finance minister when the economy was close to sovereign default, and completely altered its course
Updated on Dec 27, 2024 12:55 AM IST
Number Theory: How has India done in ensuring social and economic justice?
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Updated on Dec 23, 2024 10:44 AM IST
Terms of Trade: Will the 21st century have a Keynes and Kalecki?
A British TV show and a New York killing give us an opportunity to rethink the most important debate on capitalism and its future
Updated on Dec 20, 2024 03:54 PM IST
Number Theory: Food inflation tests economic policy in 2024
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Published on Dec 19, 2024 08:39 AM IST
Number Theory: German snap polls — A crisis or opportunity?
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Published on Dec 18, 2024 08:32 AM IST
Number Theory: Understanding the crucial ties between India, Sri Lanka
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Published on Dec 17, 2024 09:00 AM IST