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Promise over practice

By Rajiv Kumar & Samriddhi Prakash, Respectively Chairperson and Research Associate at Pahlé India Foundation Each year, the Union Budget is...

13.02.2026 6

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EV subsidy or private enrichment?

Last month, while hearing a long-running matter on air quality in Delhi-NCR, the Supreme Court issued a pointed caution: There cannot be a...

13.02.2026 6

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The limits of middle powers

By Anita Inder Singh As many countries voice displeasure regarding the economically disruptive policies of President Donald Trump, they also...

12.02.2026 10

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Who will manage AI tool data?

By Siddharth Pai The conversation around artificial intelligence (AI) has shifted in a way that markets immediately understood, even if policymakers...

11.02.2026 7

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Short-term costs, potential long-term gains

A joint statement released by the US and India confirm that they reached an interim agreement on the framework for reciprocal and mutually beneficial...

11.02.2026 6

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The success of data centres lies in their management

By Sanjay Motwani As India surges toward its digital destiny, it’s easy to focus on flashy milestones, labs, startup investments, and digital...

09.02.2026 10

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Lens on market microstructure

The Monetary Policy Committee’s (MPC) unanimous decision to retain the repo rate at the existing level was largely expected. The MPC also continued...

08.02.2026 10

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Keynes’s general theory, 90 years on

February is a highly anticipated month as the Indian government tables the Union Budget in Parliament. This year marks the 90th anniversary of a book...

08.02.2026 10

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Textiles as Viksit Bharat’s growth engine

By Giriraj Singh The Viksit Bharat Budget 2026-27 signals confidence, conviction and clear reform orientation at a time of global...

07.02.2026 10

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A shot in the arm

India’s foreign policy finds itself at a critical juncture. While much of the country’s external engagements remain deeply intertwined with its...

07.02.2026 10

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From resource strength to digital growth: Odisha’s FinTech and GCC moment

By Mohan Charan Majhi, Chief Minister, Odisha India stands at a decisive inflection point in its digital and economic journey. The next phase of...

07.02.2026 5

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Budget opens door for overseas investors

By Manoj Purohit India stands as the world’s fourth-largest economy by GDP and among the fastest-growing economies globally. Considering the...

07.02.2026 10

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Twin buffers: Fiscal rectitude and steps to sustain growth at par for uncertain world

By Dharmakirti Joshi & Pankhuri Tandon A march of announcements generally makes February policy-heavy. The Union Budget and monetary policy review...

05.02.2026 5

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Budget View | Success tax on Indian entrepreneur

By Siddarth M Pai India’s fiscal history on share buybacks is a tug-of-war between capital formation and aggressive tax enforcement. Buybacks are a...

03.02.2026 7

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Need offence & defence

This year’s Budget was presented against an extraordinary global backdrop. An (albeit-imperfect) rules-based global order is rapidly unravelling....

03.02.2026 7

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A fine balance between equity and efficiency

The much-awaited 16th Finance Commission (FC) report was tabled in Parliament on Sunday. The report retained the 41% vertical devolution while making...

03.02.2026 7

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Teeing off with the Next Gen: Of diapers, drivers and dad guilt

Somewhere between a 7-iron and a 7 am feeding schedule, it struck me that golf and fatherhood have a lot in common. Both demand patience, both test...

01.02.2026 10

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A push for strategic resilience

The Economic Survey for 2025-26 comes against a backdrop of the US making an all-out wager to attain global supremacy amidst the crumbling pillars of...

01.02.2026 8

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Will reforms unlock insurance potential?

The Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Act, 2025, passed by both houses of Parliament in December, represents a selective...

31.01.2026 7

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India’s secret to beating China hides in a village wedding | Israeli diplomat writes

By Ron Dermer When I became Israel’s Ambassador to the United States in 2013, my wife and I arrived in Washington, DC with five children under the...

30.01.2026 20

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India-EU FTA: A trade deal that redefines India’s global economic position

By Anant Goenka, president, FICCI The India-EU free trade agreement marks a defining moment in India’s economic diplomacy. Coming on the back of a...

30.01.2026 20

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When whispers become truth

India’s insider trading enforcement framework has evolved since the overhaul of the insider trading regulations in 2015. Over the past decade, the...

27.01.2026 10

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SIM binding push raises more questions

India’s messaging platforms are no longer just tools for personal communication. They underpin digital commerce, service delivery, and everyday...

27.01.2026 10

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E-commerce promise for a Viksit Bharat

E-commerce is one of the defining narratives of India’s economic transformation. What began as a niche, urban-centric phenomenon has rapidly become...

25.01.2026 20

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Budget Focus | From $4 trillion to a jobs economy

By TV Mohandas Pai & Nisha Holla Budget 2026 arrives at an inflection point in India’s economic journey. Over the past 12 years, India has...

24.01.2026 20

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Rethink amid fragmented supply chains

Supply chains across the globe traditionally operate on the trinity of speed, reliability, and cost. However, since the US led tariff war, this...

23.01.2026 10

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Recalibrating market vigour

Various regulatory measures taken up in the past six months—including regulatory tightening, enhanced surveillance, and punitive actions against...

23.01.2026 20

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Xinnian kuaile (Happy New Year)

I’ve just returned from a wonderful holiday in Thailand over the new year, and, my God, what a fabulous country. We hadn’t been there in over 10...

20.01.2026 10

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Streamline agri-food policies

Prime Minister Narendra Modi says that his government is in “Reform Express” mode, having carried out several reforms ranging from income tax,...

20.01.2026 20

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​​​India’s AI railway moment

Artificial intelligence will shape the 21st century much as steam power, railways, electricity, and the telegraph shaped the 19th. Those technologies...

19.01.2026 10

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AI exuberance in finance has real costs

India’s digital story is, by any measure, a remarkable achievement. In little over a decade, India has built public digital infrastructure that many...

19.01.2026 10

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India’s PPP journey and the road ahead

Infrastructure investments are not only a prime driver of future GDP growth, but also generators of significant rural employment. A recent Morgan...

16.01.2026 10

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Keeping India open and secure

India’s success in manufacturing exports, particularly in electronics, autos, and renewables, depends on trade in intermediate and capital goods....

16.01.2026 20

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India’s next credit reform

By Arvind Gupta & Saravanan Nattanmai India’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) has already delivered one of the most consequential financial...

15.01.2026 20

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Vibe coding lets non-coders set foot in a world previously inaccessible

By Siddharth Pai There was a time when learning to code felt like acquiring a second language, one you had to practice for years before you could...

15.01.2026 20

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The global order in 2026

One year of Trump 2.0 has turned out to be a shadow cast across the world, and 2026 is unlikely to lighten the shadow. While every country advances...

13.01.2026 20

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As we go digital, buildings must catch up

Over the past decade, India has seen a remarkable digital transformation. With among the world’s lowest mobile data tariffs and the highest levels...

13.01.2026 20

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Why haven’t tariffs crashed the US economy?

When US President Donald Trump took office last January, most economists feared what would happen if he raised tariffs. The expectation was that as...

11.01.2026 10

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New wine in old bottles

The latest initiative in the area of critical minerals is Pax Silica (PS). It is a US-led move which also includes countries such as Japan, South...

10.01.2026 10

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2025 reset cooperation priorities

In an increasingly splintered world mired in geopolitical uncertainties, 2025 was a defining year to synchronise and reset international priorities on...

10.01.2026 10

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Coping with CBAM

From January 1, every shipment of Indian steel and aluminium to the European Union will face a carbon tax as the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment...

09.01.2026 30

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When ease of doing business aids tunnelling

Related-party transactions (RPTs) occupy a governance grey zone: they can make businesses run more smoothly, but they can also become vehicles for...

09.01.2026 10

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Why IndiGo still matters

By Amit Kapoor and Richard Dasher India is now becoming an unusually crowded graveyard of airlines. Carriers have repeatedly expanded and collapsed...

08.01.2026 10

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Resolving India’s grid bottlenecks

​​​​​​​For over a decade, India has pursued one of the world’s most ambitious renewable energy transitions, rapidly scaling solar and...

07.01.2026 10

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From parched fields to prosperity​​​​​​​

Victor Hugo once wrote “No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.” In contemporary India, in the midst of drought in 2015-16, Prime...

07.01.2026 20

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India’s hits & misses in 2025

By Harsh V Pant & Aditya G Sivamurthy The death of student activist Sharif Osman Hadi has once again plunged Bangladesh into chaos. Violent mobs...

07.01.2026 10

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Adam Smith and American independence

2026 marks the 250th anniversary of American independence and Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations (WoN). It is really interesting how these two landmark...

04.01.2026 20

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The US’ post-Trump China strategy

With the United States in the hands of an unstable president, diplomacy is not the answer for a conflict-prone US-China relationship. The striking...

04.01.2026 30

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From energy scarcity to abundance

For decades, arguably for the entirety of human history, those with control over coal, oil, gas, and even steam and wood dictated the pace of global...

03.01.2026 10

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Up your game with digital twins

By Rashesh Mody In cricket, the most valuable player (MVP) is the one who consistently turns the tide with match-winning performances. In business,...

02.01.2026 10

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