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Pain Of Debt

Government, corporates and even households are deep in debt. In a slowing economy this could only escalate

A few months ago, when the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) rapped the Union Finance Ministry for its off balance sheet borrowings, the news did not come as a surprise to anyone following the government's finances. As several economists have calculated, if one were to add up all the extra budgetary liabilities of the Indian government, the

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