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.
Feb 03, 2019 01:22 IST
The government presented it as an interim Budget, but it had the substance and feel of the full...
Sun, Feb 03, 2019
Feb 02, 2019 02:16 IST
Finance Minister Piyush Goyal, while presenting the interim Budget for 2019-20, said in spite of...
Sat, Feb 02, 2019
Feb 01, 2019 04:35 IST
Lack of good quality jobs and a large informal sector is adding to our economic woes, Niti Aayog...
Fri, Feb 01, 2019
Jan 17, 2019 00:27 IST
The all-India IIP provides a single representative figure to measure the general level of...
Thu, Jan 17, 2019
Jan 16, 2019 02:35 IST
Disinvestment target to be met, but mostly through buybacks of shares by public sector...
Wed, Jan 16, 2019
Jan 14, 2019 04:25 IST
The latest data compiled by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on recruitment over the...
Mon, Jan 14, 2019
Jan 10, 2019 15:41 IST
States, however, will have the option to choose between the two exemption thresholds of Rs 20 lakh...
Thu, Jan 10, 2019
Jan 10, 2019 03:30 IST
With the sliding compliance rates becoming a concern under GST, the taxmen are now looking at the...
Thu, Jan 10, 2019
Jan 03, 2019 03:25 IST
The six-member ministerial panel formed to look into issues being faced by MSMEs under GST will...
Thu, Jan 03, 2019
Jan 01, 2019 04:15 IST
Farmers getting lower prices for their produce, much lower than the minimum support prices...
Tue, Jan 01, 2019
Dec 28, 2018 04:36 IST
The Bill, which was introduced in Lok Sabha in August last year, proposes a national level minimum...
Fri, Dec 28, 2018
Dec 27, 2018 01:22 IST
The Bill, tabled in Lok Sabha in August 2017 and subsequently referred to the Standing Committee,...
Thu, Dec 27, 2018
Dec 25, 2018 04:35 IST
Jaitley, in a Facebook post, criticised the Congress legacy of 31 per cent indirect tax, terming...
Tue, Dec 25, 2018
Dec 25, 2018 03:45 IST
Further rate rationalisation, especially for the beleaguered construction sector, including a rate...
Tue, Dec 25, 2018
Dec 23, 2018 04:30 IST
The move which will cost the exchequer around Rs 5,500 crore a year and Rs 1,375 crore in the...
Sun, Dec 23, 2018
Nov 30, 2018 04:19 IST
In new GDP back series data, average growth during UPA regime is down from previous estimates...
Fri, Nov 30, 2018
Nov 28, 2018 01:01 IST
A rupee per litre cut in excise duty leads to a revenue loss of about Rs 14,000 crore a year to the...
Wed, Nov 28, 2018
Nov 21, 2018 06:20 IST
With the series of revisions, the enrolment numbers for September 2017-March 2018 now stand at...
Wed, Nov 21, 2018
Nov 18, 2018 05:44 IST
When compared to the full year’s GST target from domestic supplies, the Centre’s mop-up has...
Sun, Nov 18, 2018
Nov 05, 2018 03:10 IST
In July 2017-March 2018, DGGSTI had recovered Rs 235 crore which was about 27 per cent recovery...
Mon, Nov 05, 2018
Oct 22, 2018 02:42 IST
Srivastava attributed the recent revisions in EPFO enrollment data to the attritions getting...
Mon, Oct 22, 2018
Oct 21, 2018 02:54 IST
While the back series of GDP is expected to be released this month, a national-level data warehouse...
Sun, Oct 21, 2018
Oct 21, 2018 02:47 IST
2,767 indirect tax cases remain to be withdrawn in CESTAT, HCs & SC as on Oct...
Sun, Oct 21, 2018
Oct 11, 2018 05:06 IST
During 2017-18 and 2016-17, companies in the software and financial services sectors that are a...
Thu, Oct 11, 2018
Oct 09, 2018 01:57 IST
The task force is learnt to have prepared a draft report but a final submission has not been made,...
Tue, Oct 09, 2018