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The week in charts: PM Modi's austerity call, MSP hike, sugar export ban

New Delhi, May 16 -- From Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging austerity measures as the West Asia war inflated India's import bills, to the Centre raising minimum support prices for key kharif crops t... Read More


India inflation likely rose to 3.8% in April as food prices hardened: Mint poll

New Delhi, May 11 -- India's retail inflation likely rose to 3.8% in April from 3.4% in March, moving closer to the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) medium-term target of 4% as food prices firmed up acro... Read More


The week in charts: India-Vietnam trade ties, missed direct tax target, PMI rebound

New Delhi, May 9 -- From India and Vietnam upgrading their bilateral ties and setting a $25 billion trade target by 2030, to four states declaring assembly election verdicts amid a mixed economic back... Read More


In charts: India is getting hotter, and the numbers make it undeniable

New Delhi, May 4 -- India is no longer experiencing summer the way it once did. The season now arrives earlier, lingers longer and strikes harder - a stark imprint of global warming. This year has be... Read More


From UPI to cards, India's payment choices are becoming more purposeful

New Delhi, April 28 -- India's digital payments landscape is moving beyond UPI's default dominance. Consumers are now making deliberate choices about how they pay, depending on what they are buying an... Read More


The week in charts: Fertilizer output, IT earnings, health spending survey

New Delhi, April 25 -- From fertilizer production falling to near five-year low in March, to foodgrain stocks surging to nearly three times the mandated buffer, to rural patients spending more than ur... Read More


Up to 66% crash: How West Asia war battered India's top Gulf trade

New Delhi, April 16 -- The West Asia war has taken a toll on India's trade. Exports declined 7.4% year-on-year in March, and imports fell 6.5%, per the commerce ministry data. Trade figures with India... Read More


Rainfall below normal? How accurate are predictions by Skymet, IMD?

New Delhi, April 13 -- The El Niño phenomenon could result in one of the driest monsoons in India in at least eight years. Private forecaster Skymet has predicted: the rainfall is likely to be 9... Read More


India inflation likely rose to 3.4% in March 2026: Mint poll

New Delhi, April 10 -- India's retail inflation likely rose to 3.4% in March, but only marginally up from 3.2% in February, according to a median forecast of 16 economists in a Mint poll. The rise wil... Read More


The week in charts: Jet fuel prices, FPI exodus, E20 vehicle gap

New Delhi, April 4 -- From a sharp slowdown in manufacturing activity, to international airfares coming under pressure as jet fuel costs surge, India's nationwide rollout of E20 fuel, foreign portfoli... Read More