Aanchal Magazine is a Senior Assistant Editor with The Indian Express, serving as a leading voice on the macroeconomy and fiscal policy. With over 13 years of newsroom experience, she is recognized for her ability to decode complex economic data and government policy for a wider audience....Read More
Aanchal Magazine is a Senior Assistant Editor with The Indian Express, serving as a leading voice on the macroeconomy and fiscal policy. With over 13 years of newsroom experience, she is recognized for her ability to decode complex economic data and government policy for a wider audience.
Expertise & Focus Areas: Magazine’s reporting is rooted in "fiscal arithmetic" and economic science. Her work provides critical insights into the financial health of the nation, focusing on:
Macroeconomic Policy: Detailed tracking of GDP growth, inflation trends, and central bank policy actions.
Fiscal Metrics: Analysis of taxation, revenue collection, and government spending.
Labour & Society: Reporting on labour trends and the intersection of economic policy with employment.
Her expertise lies in interpreting high-frequency economic indicators to explain the broader trajectory of the Indian economy.
Personal Interests: Beyond the world of finance and statistics, Aanchal maintains a deep personal interest in the history of her homeland, Kashmir. In her spare time, she reads extensively about the region's culture and traditions and works to map the complex journeys of displacement associated with it.
Apr 04, 2020 04:30 IST
The average countrywide prices of vegetables such as onions and tomatoes, which were softening in...
Sat, Apr 04, 2020
Apr 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, 2020
Apr 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, 2020
Mar 30, 2020 04:50 IST
Some state government officials The Indian Express spoke to said they were grappling with two...
Mon, Mar 30, 2020
Mar 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, 2020
Mar 25, 2020 03:05 IST
No recent official data estimates the country’s unorganised workers, which were according to the...
Wed, Mar 25, 2020
Mar 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, 2020
Mar 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, 2020
Mar 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, 2020
Feb 29, 2020 04:42 IST
The slowdown in GDP growth in the third quarter was marked by tepid growth in manufacturing,...
Sat, Feb 29, 2020
Feb 13, 2020 05:07 IST
The survey system is already in “deep trouble” and given the increasing instances of such...
Thu, Feb 13, 2020
Feb 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
Feb 07, 2020 03:59 IST
With heightened polarisation, it’s easy to cite Kashmiri Pandits, either to evoke hatred or to...
Mon, Feb 10, 2020
Feb 04, 2020 03:23 IST
In an interview with The Indian Express, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management...
Tue, Feb 04, 2020
Feb 03, 2020 04:48 IST
New Income Tax slabs: In absolute terms, out of 5.78 crore tax filers, about 5.3 crore (91.7 per...
Mon, Feb 03, 2020
Feb 03, 2020 01:40 IST
Pandey said a progressive and graded income-tax system is internationally considered to be one of...
Mon, Feb 03, 2020
Feb 02, 2020 05:27 IST
At present, Section 132 of the CGST Act treats supply of goods and services without issuance of any...
Sun, Feb 02, 2020
Feb 02, 2020 04:56 IST
Under the scheme, Sitharaman said any taxpayer currently in dispute with the government over the...
Sun, Feb 02, 2020
Feb 02, 2020 04:34 IST
The Union Budget for 2020-21 has proposed a combined cap of Rs 7.5 lakh for the employer’s...
Sun, Feb 02, 2020
Feb 02, 2020 03:51 IST
For the next year, the government is relying heavily on non tax revenue – for example, target for...
Sun, Feb 02, 2020
Feb 02, 2020 03:46 IST
It has also decided to amend customs rules to allow safeguards to limit quantities of imported...
Sun, Feb 02, 2020
Feb 01, 2020 04:39 IST
Ahead of Budget today, Subramanian recommends rationalisation of subsidies to create fiscal...
Sat, Feb 01, 2020
Feb 01, 2020 02:03 IST
The growth rate for 2017-18 was also revised down to 7 per cent from 7.2 per cent earlier, the data...
Sat, Feb 01, 2020
Jan 31, 2020 00:50 IST
He said India needs a clear narrative on where it’s going, what it’s going to look like in 10...
Fri, Jan 31, 2020