Aanchal Magazine is Senior Assistant Editor with The Indian Express and reports on the macro economy and fiscal policy, with a special focus on economic science, labour trends, taxation and revenue metrics. With over 13 years of newsroom experience, she has also reported in detail on macroeconomic data such as trends and policy actions related to inflation, GDP growth and fiscal arithmetic. Interested in the history of her homeland, Kashmir, she likes to read about its culture and tradition in her spare time, along with trying to map the journeys of displacement from there....Read More
Aanchal Magazine is Senior Assistant Editor with The Indian Express and reports on the macro economy and fiscal policy, with a special focus on economic science, labour trends, taxation and revenue metrics. With over 13 years of newsroom experience, she has also reported in detail on macroeconomic data such as trends and policy actions related to inflation, GDP growth and fiscal arithmetic. Interested in the history of her homeland, Kashmir, she likes to read about its culture and tradition in her spare time, along with trying to map the journeys of displacement from there.
May 05, 2020 05:39 IST
Given that this sector is responsible for an estimated 11 crore jobs and accounts for 30 per cent...
Tue, May 05, 2020May 03, 2020 05:29 IST
At stake are not only these jobs but the future of what makes up 45 per cent of the country’s...
Sun, May 03, 2020May 01, 2020 04:53 IST
PM wary of open-ended provisions: Fund for MSME with guarantee...
Fri, May 01, 2020Apr 24, 2020 03:00 IST
Attempts are being made to fill up this crucial information gap to feed the available worker pool...
Fri, Apr 24, 2020Apr 22, 2020 04:35 IST
Owners of small businesses are also concerned over the instruction to offer residential facilities...
Wed, Apr 22, 2020Apr 19, 2020 00:19 IST
The Bihar government has made use of the geofencing technology to enable downloading of the weblink...
Sun, Apr 19, 2020Apr 18, 2020 04:10 IST
The WMA are short-term loan facilities which allow the Centre and states to borrow funds from the...
Sat, Apr 18, 2020Apr 17, 2020 03:10 IST
The government is sticking to the Budget target of direct tax collections for 2020-21, amid...
Fri, Apr 17, 2020Apr 16, 2020 04:15 IST
Additionally, continued restrictions on hotspots across 170 districts, including those with...
Thu, Apr 16, 2020Apr 15, 2020 03:05 IST
Coronavirus (COVID-19): The final call regarding the rate, however, would be taken after the...
Wed, Apr 15, 2020Apr 06, 2020 04:00 IST
The lockdown has led to an exodus of migrant workers struggling to reach their home states. Where...
Thu, Mar 04, 2021Apr 05, 2020 00:02 IST
The rules also specify that the permits for conventional cargo (other than over-dimensional cargo)...
Sun, Apr 05, 2020Apr 04, 2020 04:30 IST
The average countrywide prices of vegetables such as onions and tomatoes, which were softening in...
Sat, Apr 04, 2020Apr 04, 2020 00:37 IST
All the major centres recorded a dip, with Mumbai seeing a fall of 12 per cent in its collections,...
Sat, Apr 04, 2020Apr 02, 2020 03:05 IST
Having been stuck for the last two weeks, truckers have e-way bills for goods in transit or in...
Wed, Apr 01, 2020Apr 01, 2020 04:35 IST
There is a sudden dearth of labour: be it for loading and unloading trucks to managing warehouses,...
Wed, Apr 01, 2020Mar 30, 2020 04:50 IST
Some state government officials The Indian Express spoke to said they were grappling with two...
Mon, Mar 30, 2020Mar 30, 2020 01:39 IST
Airlines, which are one of the worst hit sectors by COVID-19, were among the first to announce pay...
Mon, Mar 30, 2020Mar 25, 2020 03:05 IST
No recent official data estimates the country’s unorganised workers, which were according to the...
Wed, Mar 25, 2020Mar 14, 2020 10:10 IST
A government notification said that the special excise duty on petrol was hiked by Rs 2 per litre...
Sat, Mar 14, 2020Mar 14, 2020 02:17 IST
The directive was issued by the Finance Ministry over two weeks ago, after which some of the states...
Sat, Mar 14, 2020Mar 05, 2020 15:17 IST
There are over 6 crore active subscribers of EPFO. This is the lowest interest on provident fund in...
Fri, Mar 06, 2020Feb 29, 2020 04:42 IST
The slowdown in GDP growth in the third quarter was marked by tepid growth in manufacturing,...
Sat, Feb 29, 2020Feb 13, 2020 05:07 IST
The survey system is already in “deep trouble” and given the increasing instances of such...
Thu, Feb 13, 2020Feb 10, 2020 00:30 IST
In an interview to The Indian Express, Somanathan — who earlier served in the Prime Minister’s...
Mon, Feb 10, 2020