Business journalism is, generally speaking, an oxymoron in India. On the day of the Union budget, it reaches another level. Be it a Congress government or BJP one, the average score for the budget veers between 9 and 10, as fear meets exuberance. 2019 is no different, as the headlines of “columns” by corporate honchos,…
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‘Budget coverage was better before 24×7 TV’
The veteran business journalist and Business Line deputy editor, T.C.A. Srinivasa-Raghavan, in The Hindu: “Having covered, in one way or another, 33 budgets since 1980 and, furthermore, having written their potted history since 1947 for the finance ministry, there are three things that I can assert with confidence. “First, budget analysis was much better before…
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