Author Archives: Madhusudan Raj

‘One Route, One Fare’

Newspaper Hindustan Times reported, ‘One Route, One Fare’ scheme launched by Govt. airline. Government-owned Alliance Air has launched the “Fare se Fursat” fixed airfare scheme, which essentially means that the fare will remain constant regardless of the time of booking. Before I write anything about the consequences of this new government “scheme” of One Route, […]

Indian Government’s Priorities

The science of economics tells us that society’s resources are scarce, and we should use them with extreme care to make sure we do not waste them. The goal of every human action is to fulfill as many needs as possible using those scarce resources. There are two major economic systems that any economy can […]

Is Gold Wealth?

The Economic Times newspaper published an article entitled $2.4 Trillion Worth of Gold! India’s Household Hoard is 6x Pakistan’s Economy. Indian households hold an estimated 25,000 tons of gold worth $2.4 trillion—nearly six times Pakistan’s GDP and greater than Italy’s economy. Despite monetization challenges, high prices and strong demand keep gold central to Indian wealth. […]

Will these Big 4 Drivers Power India’s Economy?

Of late there are lots of economic falsehoods being spread around about India’s economy by the Modi government, and it’s lapdog media. The first one being India becomes the fourth-largest economy of the world, overtaking Japan, and the second is its extreme poverty rate declining to 5.3% after the World Bank raised its poverty line […]

Modi’s Budget Bluffs

I want to quickly comment on the recent budget of Modi’s third term government.  Firstly, government’s budget gets way too much attention than what it should ideally get. This is just a proposed budget, the actual budget will be different. Government’s daily policy actions have more impact on the economy than the budget e.g., Modi’s […]