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Austerity plus
May 12, 2026, 7:24 AM IST
The Prime Minister’s request to people to use less fuel by taking public transport, and to avoid buying gold for a year, comes at an important time. The Hormuz Strait has been blocked for almost…
May 12, 2026, 7:24 AM IST
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Decoding Modi’s economy message
May 12, 2026, 7:20 AM IST
He’s basically preparing the country for tough decisions GOI has to take. Aside from fuel price hikes, there may be some mild curbs. But extravagant poll promises by all winning parties, including BJP, make economic…
May 12, 2026, 7:20 AM IST
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AI-driven job losses are a cause for celebration
May 10, 2026, 3:16 PM IST
Every few days we hear sombre announcements from “experts” that we must plan for an impending apocalypse of AI job losses. Economists typically brush aside such claims but their message is worth repeating. In this…
May 10, 2026, 3:16 PM IST
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Salary transparency alone won’t fix India’s pay gap problem
May 9, 2026, 11:09 PM IST
Making pay visible may expose disparities, but without understanding how value is created and captured, it risks solving the symptom—not the system. Calls for salary transparency are growing louder in India’s corporate discourse. From LinkedIn…
May 9, 2026, 11:09 PM IST
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Who controls the world’s economic arteries?
May 8, 2026, 11:32 PM IST
The Cold War of the twentieth century was visible. It marched in uniforms, tested missiles, and divided maps with ideological clarity. The Cold War of the twenty-first century is far harder to photograph because it…
May 8, 2026, 11:32 PM IST
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Shaping the future of textile and apparel industry of India – Role played specifically by the Make in India initiative
May 7, 2026, 11:06 PM IST
The textile and apparel industry is one of the largest contributors to India’s economy providing employment to millions and generating substantial foreign exchange earnings. With strong policy support, infrastructure development, and a skilled workforce, India…
May 7, 2026, 11:06 PM IST
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Innovation with impact: India’s moment to build a win‑win medtech innovation ecosystem
May 6, 2026, 12:56 AM IST
India is among the top five economies in the world, home to some of the most sophisticated engineering institutions on the planet, and the site of a healthcare system serving 1.4 billion people across extraordinary…
May 6, 2026, 12:56 AM IST
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Bank board governance is having a once in a generation moment
May 5, 2026, 1:29 PM IST
Something is shifting in Indian banking, and most of the commentary has missed the point. Over the last eighteen months, boardroom tensions at more than one private sector bank have spilled into public view. A…
May 5, 2026, 1:29 PM IST
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Mitigating cyber risks in digital payments
April 28, 2026, 2:58 PM IST
Deepening the digital payment ecosystem has been one of the most significant financial sector reforms of the past two decades, according to users. It fast tracked payment and settlement system. Instant payments through digital payment…
April 28, 2026, 2:58 PM IST
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Commercial diplomacy in an era of geopolitical fragmentation
April 24, 2026, 9:44 PM IST
Commercial diplomacy—the use of diplomatic pathways, state institutions, and political capital to promote trade, investment, and corporate interests abroad—has become a central pillar of foreign policy in the 2020s. What used to be a relatively…
April 24, 2026, 9:44 PM IST
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Notes for votes don’t make voters better off
April 24, 2026, 9:07 AM IST
Unconditional cash transfers just before elections may help fight anti-incumbency, but it bleeds the economy and has limited long-term gains in real welfare of the people A new pattern of freebie disbursement has spread its…
April 24, 2026, 9:07 AM IST
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India’s export performance from 2013-14 to 2025-26
April 23, 2026, 3:58 PM IST
India’s total exports of merchandise and services have been estimated at US$ 860.09 billion during FY 2025–26 (April–March), marking a growth of 4.22% compared to US$ 825.26 billion in the previous financial year according to the latest official…
April 23, 2026, 3:58 PM IST
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Stock language
April 17, 2026, 9:02 AM IST
What do markets know that we don’t? Ever since Trump announced a two-week ceasefire on April 8, they’ve been inching up. Sensex has reclaimed half of the ground it lost during 40 days of fighting….
April 17, 2026, 9:02 AM IST
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The adoption trap
April 16, 2026, 4:20 PM IST
India leads the world in enterprise AI deployment. That may be exactly the problem. There is a number that India’s technology sector has been celebrating this month, and it deserves a closer look before we…
April 16, 2026, 4:20 PM IST
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From Ola–Uber to Bharat Taxi: Rethinking platform economics
April 16, 2026, 3:39 PM IST
The introduction of Bharat Taxi is a timely development in India’s fast-changing mobility landscape. While new ride hailing platforms are not entirely uncommon, this initiative stands out for what it represents rather than what it…
April 16, 2026, 3:39 PM IST
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IBC 2.0 is now law. The journey is not over.
April 15, 2026, 3:21 PM IST
I had written in these pages last September, when the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2025 was placed before Parliament, that it was a step forward, but not the final word. The Bill was…
April 15, 2026, 3:21 PM IST
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Working solutions
April 15, 2026, 7:59 AM IST
Reasonable minimum wages address one labour market issue. Too few jobs, is the bigger problem UP govt moved swiftly – and rightly – to raise minimum wages in NCR zones Noida and Ghaziabad, after protests…
April 15, 2026, 7:59 AM IST
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Employee: The weak link in the current world economic activity chain!!!
April 13, 2026, 3:15 PM IST
In the current economic world order as is developing, the employee is the weak link in the economic activity chain. It would be a truism to say that a very large part of the World…
April 13, 2026, 3:15 PM IST
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The ‘Hindu Rate of Growth’: Revisited
April 11, 2026, 9:28 AM IST
Last month, at a well-attended public event, a rising industry figure – articulate, widely read, and a columnist whose intellect I generally admire – took a playful swipe at an unnamed economist from the 1970s…
April 11, 2026, 9:28 AM IST
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Black magic
April 11, 2026, 8:30 AM IST
Smart use of coal can shield India from foreign crises When Trump’s blockade left Cuba without oil last month, 56-year-old Juan Carlos Pino modified his 1980 Fiat Polski to run on charcoal (bit.ly/41XQzqd). No, he…
April 11, 2026, 8:30 AM IST
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