Economics
Trade, fiscal policy, banking, agriculture and economic indicators
Intent and outcome: On India’s climate budget for 2026-27
India's Union Budget 2026-27 has been critiqued for a mismatch between its stated climate ambitions and actual financial allocations — with significant headl...
Voluntary Retention Route – Imparting predictability and increasing ease of doing business
The Reserve Bank of India issued a circular (RBI/2025-26/205, A.P. DIR Series Circular No.21, dated February 19, 2026) rationalising the Voluntary Retention ...
India-US joint statement in days, tariff cuts in a week, says Piyush Goyal
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal announced in early February 2026 that a joint statement on India-US trade would be issued within days, with tariff cuts expect...
Duty cuts aimed at supporting local manufacturing, shouldn’t be viewed only from revenue lens: CBIC Chairman
The government defended its customs duty reductions in the Union Budget 2026-27, clarifying they are aimed at supporting domestic manufacturing and reducing ...
India, GCC ink terms of reference to formally launch trade talks
India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) signed Terms of Reference (ToR) for an India-GCC Free Trade Agreement on February 5, 2026, at Vanijya Bhawan, Ne...
The U.S. trade deal, gains from economic diplomacy
An analytical assessment of the India-US interim trade deal — announced February 6, 2026 following PM Modi's call with President Trump — examines what India ...
India-US trade deal to accelerate capital formation: SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey
SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey stated that the India-US trade deal framework is expected to accelerate capital formation in India by improving investor con...
Did IndiGo abuse its market dominance? CCI orders probe into December’s mass flight cancellations
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has ordered an in-depth antitrust investigation into IndiGo (InterGlobe Aviation Ltd), India's largest airline, fol...
With seven new corridors, India will be 100% atmanirbhar in making Bullet trains, says Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw
Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw stated that with seven new high-speed rail (HSR) corridors planned, India will achieve 100% self-reliance (Atman...
Up in arms against India-US deal, farmer bodies flag agri concerns, seek fine print
Major Indian farmer organisations have come out in opposition to the India-US interim trade deal, demanding the release of the full text of the agreement and...
Rupee, GDP growth, interest rates: What the US trade deal means for India’s economic outlook
The India-US interim trade deal signed in February 2026 is projected to have wide macroeconomic consequences beyond the direct tariff changes — affecting the...
RBI’s Monetary Policy: Why the MPC is likely to maintain status quo
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India, meeting from February 4-6, 2026, unanimously decided to keep the policy repo rate unchanged...
Budget gives Rs 20,000 crore: Why India needs carbon capture solutions, challenges it faces
Union Budget 2026-27 allocated Rs 20,000 crore (approximately $2.2 billion) over five years to scale up Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) techn...
EU-India Free Trade Agreement | Caviar with caveats
The India-European Union Free Trade Agreement was formally concluded on January 27, 2026, ending nearly two decades of negotiations that began in 2007 and we...
End in sight: On the U.S.-India trade deal, America’s tariffs
The United States and India announced a landmark interim bilateral trade deal in February 2026, the first substantive trade agreement between the two countri...
India made long push with Trump behind scenes to clinch US deal
A detailed account of India's back-channel diplomatic campaign with the Trump administration reveals a sustained effort spanning several months to secure the...
India–US trade deal announced | Uncertainty over for global capital, China+1 strategy back in game: CEA
Following the announcement of the India-US interim trade deal, India's Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) V. Anantha Nageswaran declared that "uncertainty is over ...
Cash transfers now take 20% of state subsidies — 16th finance panel sounds alarm, seeks exit clauses
The 16th Finance Commission's report flagged that large-group unconditional cash transfers now constitute 20.2% of total state subsidy expenditure (2025-26 B...
From calling India ‘tariff king’ to 25% extra duty for Russian oil, Trump finally fixed the tariff at 18%, one of the lowest
An analytical account traces the arc of Trump's tariff posture toward India: from publicly calling India a "tariff king" and threatening punitive measures, t...
FC bats for discom privatisation, debt clean-up via SPVs
The 16th Finance Commission, chaired by Arvind Panagariya, has recommended that states actively pursue privatisation of electricity distribution companies (D...