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.
Jul 26, 2019 03:46 IST
A top Finance Ministry bureaucrat being moved out and seeking voluntary retirement puts a question...
Fri, Jul 26, 2019
Jul 26, 2019 03:00 IST
Officials said Sitharaman was required to be present in Parliament as Rajya Sabha was scheduled to...
Fri, Jul 26, 2019
Jul 20, 2019 05:00 IST
These revelations are at the heart of a scathing indictment of top agencies in a draft forensic...
Sat, Jul 20, 2019
Jul 20, 2019 01:30 IST
“This email suggests potential favours which are arranged for the key officials of credit rating...
Sat, Jul 20, 2019
Jul 08, 2019 04:43 IST
The government has a list of 29 companies that will be put up for strategic sales to private...
Mon, Jul 08, 2019
Jul 08, 2019 04:07 IST
Chakraborty said that the Budget proposal to increase public shareholding from 25 per cent to 35...
Mon, Jul 08, 2019
Jul 07, 2019 03:16 IST
With the Indian economy expected to grow only marginally higher this fiscal, the government has set...
Sun, Jul 07, 2019
Jul 06, 2019 04:40 IST
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the new surcharge rate will increase effective tax rate by...
Sat, Jul 06, 2019
Jul 06, 2019 01:47 IST
The change in definition of the assessee is expected to provide power to tax authorities to take...
Sat, Jul 06, 2019
Jul 05, 2019 04:35 IST
Suggests sunset clause in incentives for MSMEs, tax-payer friendly...
Fri, Jul 05, 2019
Jul 04, 2019 02:26 IST
Out of the total 1,19,743 cases of reversal of transactions recorded for eight states, Uttar...
Thu, Jul 04, 2019
Jun 30, 2019 01:30 IST
Union Budget 2019 Date, 5 July 2019: Expected to outline the economic trajectory of the new NDA...
Sun, Jun 30, 2019
Jun 27, 2019 03:00 IST
EPFO’s investment in IL&FS is pegged at Rs 574.73 crore, while investments by exempted firms,...
Thu, Jun 27, 2019
Jun 20, 2019 00:59 IST
Government says reduced contribution rates will bring relief to workers, encourage more to join...
Thu, Jun 20, 2019
Jun 12, 2019 04:30 IST
Arvind Subramanian, in a recent research paper published at Harvard University that formed the...
Wed, Jun 12, 2019
Jun 03, 2019 03:42 IST
The widening gap between the GST revenue and the monthly target will put strain on the government...
Mon, Jun 03, 2019
Jun 03, 2019 03:34 IST
The shift in the unemployment pattern is more noticeable for females, especially in rural...
Mon, Jun 03, 2019
Jun 01, 2019 04:35 IST
This is the lowest growth rate in 20 quarters and puts India behind China after almost two years....
Sat, Jun 01, 2019
Jun 01, 2019 02:01 IST
Sitharaman would draw upon her experience of serving the previous Narendra Modi government, as a...
Sat, Jun 01, 2019
May 31, 2019 00:35 IST
Here's what to expect from the new Finance Minister, at a time when an economic downturn looms...
Fri, May 31, 2019
May 30, 2019 03:07 IST
As Arun Jaitley underwent a surgery in the US in January for a reported soft tissue cancer in his...
Thu, May 30, 2019
May 28, 2019 02:40 IST
Friday marked the first of the Budget meetings in the Finance Ministry’s Department of Economic...
Tue, May 28, 2019
May 25, 2019 03:00 IST
The order states that the proposed NSO would be headed by Secretary (Statistics and Programme...
Sat, May 25, 2019
May 24, 2019 03:05 IST
The next phase of reforms roadmap is expected in the backdrop of a cyclical downturn. Gross...
Fri, May 24, 2019
May 07, 2019 05:15 IST
EPFO interest rate: The Finance Ministry has sought details about the exposure of EPFO to IL&FS...
Tue, May 07, 2019