GST rationalisation is quietly reshaping India’s fiscal philosophy, from taxing more to trusting more.
Nilanjan Banik
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Without urgent intervention, India risks losing market share to Vietnam, Mexico, and China—even in sectors where it previously held a strong position.
Ajay Srivastava
From a fan’s obsession to a nation’s conviction, belief keeps remaking power, policy, and purpose, showing how faith and foresight can both build and blind.
Phynix
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India’s industrial growth more than doubled in the July-September quarter, but remained well below the expansion signalled by the PMI.
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New research reveals that while ONORC expands access in theory, technical flaws and weak trust continue to limit its impact on India’s migrant households.
Amitrajeet A. Batabyal*
India faces a triple threat: tariffs, sanctions, and pressure to concede on trade. Can New Delhi protect its energy, exports, and digital future?
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India’s fertility rate has fallen below replacement level, signalling a future of ageing populations, fewer births, and shifting realities.
Michael Debabrata Patra
China’s climate-finance requirements for select sectors amount to some $1.3 trillion, 61% of the total climate finance required by all nine EMEs.
Rakesh Mohan and Janak Raj
India’s housing mission built millions of homes. But the next chapter must focus on inclusion, liveability, and belonging; not just ownership.
Shilpashree Venkatesh
The forward review mechanism clause in the India-UK FTA, linking India’s future policy to consultation rights for the UK, could constrain New Delhi’s flexibility in future negotiations with partners like the EU and the US.
Shweta Kushe
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India’s economic rise will be powered by commodities, but five global forces will test how wisely it balances ambition, resilience and resource needs.
G. Chandrashekhar
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India’s policy resilience is impressive, but ignoring faltering domestic engines like jobs, demand, and savings could prove costly.
Dhananjay Sinha
Bihar’s 2025 election heats up as caste dynamics take center stage. MGB, NDA, and Prashant Kishor’s JSP are fielding same-caste candidates on many key seats.
Amitabh Tiwari
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While most people regard the Sino-American rivalry as a new cold war between two world-bestriding giants, the truth is that both countries are tightly constrained. Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping each sense the other side's vulnerabilities, which means they cannot hide their own.
Harold James
As AI takes over routine work, are we erasing the very steps that build mastery? This piece explores how creativity is born from repetition; and warns that by automating too soon, we may be denying the next generation the struggle that turns skill into intuition.
Bertrand Badré and Florian Ingen-Housz
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Church can play a greater role than many other institutions in ensuring that AI is a lever for inclusion.
Anne Bouverot
Although research on AI is expanding rapidly, what is required now is systematic data collection.
Diane Coyle
To achieve 8–9% sustained GDP growth, India must build new banks, deepen NBFC capacity, and widen credit access beyond the current few institutions.
K. Srinivasa Rao
Bihar stands at a crossroads where political disinterest threatens to choke its economic promise. Unlocking its vast human potential and demographic dividend requires governance that prioritises growth over electoral gains.
Sharmila Kantha
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Abheek is an Independent Economist and the Former Chief Economist at HDFC Bank.
Ajay Srivastava is the founder of the Global Trade Research Initiative.
Vijay, trade expert & ex-IRS officer, works with Deloitte India and Ashoka University’s ICPP.
Dhananjay, a D-School alum, is CEO and Co-Head of Equities at Systematix Group.
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Nilanjan Banik, Professor at Mahindra University, specialises in trade and development economics.
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