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.
Oct 20, 2016 05:26 IST
The Council discussed that GST rate should not be regressive in nature and be such that the...
Thu, Oct 20, 2016
Oct 19, 2016 02:34 IST
The GST Council finalised the compensation formula for states for potential revenue loss,...
Wed, Oct 19, 2016
Oct 18, 2016 02:22 IST
The Centre has made changes in the scheme to improve training and ensure better placement for the...
Tue, Oct 18, 2016
Oct 11, 2016 02:23 IST
The taxation rate for GST, intended to be rolled out from April 1, 2017, is pivotal in the...
Wed, Oct 19, 2016
Oct 09, 2016 03:49 IST
Experts say higher-than-anticipated indirect tax collections might help bridge the...
Sun, Oct 09, 2016
Oct 04, 2016 01:36 IST
The team will then brief their respective state finance ministers, who are scheduled to gather in...
Wed, Oct 19, 2016
Sep 29, 2016 01:51 IST
The stock exchanges have subsequently been monitoring scrips for unusual price movements to stop...
Thu, Sep 29, 2016
Sep 29, 2016 01:42 IST
A total of 4,422 surveys were conducted by the tax dept in FY16, translating into a daily average...
Thu, Sep 29, 2016
Sep 27, 2016 01:38 IST
As the GST Council readies to meet again on Friday, Centre and states will be required to walk the...
Tue, Sep 27, 2016
Sep 21, 2016 01:36 IST
At Rs 1.058 lakh crore for April-July, the government has already reached 45.7 per cent of the...
Wed, Sep 21, 2016
Sep 13, 2016 00:40 IST
Tepid industrial growth, limited job opportunities, declining local businesses and deferred...
Tue, Sep 13, 2016
Sep 10, 2016 04:26 IST
Each minister has been allotted a minimum of two countries that they have to visit before the...
Sat, Sep 10, 2016
Sep 08, 2016 05:25 IST
The announcements will be discussed in the Andhra Pradesh assembly which will hold its last session...
Thu, Sep 08, 2016
Sep 06, 2016 01:29 IST
Who is this negotiator at international Summits such as the ongoing G20 meeting at Hangzhou? What...
Tue, Sep 06, 2016
Sep 02, 2016 01:05 IST
Central trade unions have called a nationwide strike today to protest the government’s...
Fri, Sep 02, 2016
Sep 01, 2016 04:03 IST
On September 1, Odisha is likely to become the sixteenth state to clear the constitutional...
Thu, Sep 01, 2016
Aug 30, 2016 04:03 IST
If the current VAT rates across states is anything to go by, a possible move by the GST Council to...
Tue, Aug 30, 2016
Aug 20, 2016 01:36 IST
The tax returns data, however, does not reflect the number of agricultural income and the informal...
Sat, Aug 20, 2016
Aug 18, 2016 01:24 IST
Will allow the government to do away with the need of conducting a Vote on...
Thu, Aug 18, 2016
Aug 18, 2016 01:19 IST
GST rate won’t exceed max rate; there can be a fair play of rates below that max...
Thu, Aug 18, 2016
Aug 14, 2016 00:57 IST
Meeting with industrialists to clear latter’s ‘doubts over stages of taxation and...
Sun, Aug 14, 2016
Aug 07, 2016 02:22 IST
“A lot of consumer awareness will have to be created in order to ensure that the benefit of lower...
Sun, Aug 07, 2016
Aug 05, 2016 03:00 IST
On bringing next Bills as money Bills, Jaitley says my hands tied by Art...
Fri, Aug 05, 2016
Aug 04, 2016 05:07 IST
GST Bill is now slated to head back to Lok Sabha for the ratification of amendments moved in the...
Thu, Aug 04, 2016
Aug 04, 2016 04:16 IST
GST Bill: Red flag over the decision to stop short of explicitly providing for “full”...
Thu, Aug 04, 2016