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Michael Debabrata Patra
Michael Patra is an economist and former RBI Deputy Governor.
TK Arun
Arun is a seasoned writer on economic and policy matters.
Abheek Barua
Abheek is an Independent Economist and the Former Chief Economist at HDFC Bank.
Ajay Srivastava
Ajay Srivastava is the founder of the Global Trade Research Initiative.
Vijay Chauhan
Vijay, trade expert & ex-IRS officer, works with Deloitte India and Ashoka University’s ICPP.
Dhananjay Sinha
Dhananjay, a D-School alum, is CEO and Co-Head of Equities at Systematix Group.
Kirti Tarang Pande
Kriti is a psychologist specialising in mental health, org behaviour, and brand strategy
Srinath Sridharan
Srinath is an author, corporate advisor, and independent director on corporate boards.
Sharmila Chavaly
Ex-civil servant Chavaly held key Railways, Finance roles; specialises in infra & PPPs
Nilanjan Banik
Nilanjan Banik, Professor at Mahindra University, specialises in trade and development economics.
Sachin Malhotra
Sachin was till recently an MD with Standard Chartered Bank.
Rajesh Mahapatra
Rajesh Mahapatra is the former Editor of The Press Trust of India
Krishnadevan V
Krishnadevan is Consulting Editor at BasisPoint Insight.
Dev Chandrasekhar
Chandra advises companies on big-picture narratives on strategy and markets.
Kalyan Ram
Kalyan Ram co-founded Cogencis. He now leads BasisPoint Insight.
The Bureau
A New Approach in Trump’s War On Powell
BasisPoint Groupthink
Global Leaders Turn Modi’s 75th Birthday Into Diplomatic Spectacle
BasisPoint Groupthink
Cash Cows, Not Tech Leaders
BasisPoint Groupthink
Trump’s Queen of Hearts Tariffs
Trump’s tariffs may sting, but India channels Ali’s art—floating lightly and stinging sharply when the timing is right.
Michael Debabrata Patra
Unemployment Tracker
India’s Easing Joblessness Masks a Deeper Gender Divide in Employment
Unemployment eased in August, but the gains bypassed women and the young. Beneath the PLFS headline figures lies a troubling labour market fault line.
Akshi Chawla
A New Middle Eastern Canvas for All Indian Diplomacy
Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Week in Numbers – Tracking India’s Economic Pulse
With retail inflation trending below projections, GST rate cuts, potential Fed easing, and US tariffs weighing on India’s growth, the window for an RBI rate cut in December may be opening.
Datametricx
India’s Gold Muscle Is Wasted Without Market Credibility
G. Chandrashekhar
Urban Company Monetises India's Growing Impatience
Krishnadevan V
BRICS - Building Brick by Brick
Babuji K
Briefing
Rupee on a Leash: RBI’s Dictated Depreciation Strategy
The rupee’s path is less about macro forces and more about RBI’s silent hand, steering it lower while guarding stability with tight control.
V Thiagarajan
India’s Cotton Advantage is Slipping Through Policy Gaps
G. Chandrashekhar
Trump Had to Blink, But What Next for India
Nilanjan Banik
When Happy Couples Hurt the Bottom Line
Krishnadevan V
Basis Life
India’s Outbound Investment Surge Signals Confidence, Not Flight
India Inc’s surge in overseas investment is less about an alternative to domestic investments than a strategic embrace of global markets, technology, and supply chains.
Sharmila Kantha
Corporate
One Voice, Many Questions, And a Test for Leadership
Srinath Sridharan
Squeezed for the State, Royalty Payout Hits NMDC
Dev Chandrasekhar
Legal
Growth Without Jobs, Wealth Without Equity: India Needs a Bold Course Correction
India’s economy is expanding, yet jobs are scarce and inequality deepens. Without a bold reset, growth risks leaving too many behind.
Arvind Mayaram
International Relations and Trade
SCO Summit: Beyond the Optics of Alignments
Srinath Sridharan
India at the SCO: Strategic Autonomy in a Multipolar Moment
Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Central Banking
All That Glitters: Gold Reserves Surge in Challenge to Dollar’s “Exorbitant Privilege”
Michael Debabrata Patra
Book Review
God Laughs, Markets Listen, and the Reddyisms that Still Resonate
From wit and ambiguity to humility and integrity, YV Reddy’s new book shows why values matter more than plans in an uncertain world.
Kalyan Ram
Infra Planning
How India’s Great Urban Decentralisation Experiment Has Stalled
Sharmila Chavaly
Rethinking Development Resilience in the Himalayan Arc
Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Groundwater at Breaking Point in South Asia
Amitrajeet A. Batabyal*
Week in Numbers – Tracking India’s Economic Pulse
The GST reforms, slowdown in tax collections and the likely sops to protect the export sector from the US tariffs are likely to put pressure on government finances this year.
Datametricx