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RBI should rethink its rules instead of pushing Tata Sons to go public and list its shares

New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- If the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) October monetary policy left people and businesses looking for a rate cut glum, spare a thought for Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata... Read More


GST boom: Will tax relief and festive buying push India's collections higher?

New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- India's latest goods and services tax (GST) revenue figures paint an optimistic picture. September collections rose 9% from a year earlier to Rs.1.89 trillion. Since the data per... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | Can Trump end the Gaza war? His bold plan faces stiff obstacles

New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- America's leadership is full of surprises, and for a change, US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan is a pleasant one. Under it, Israel would get no licence to pursue any Zio... Read More


Haulage matters: The better we get at moving freight, the stronger India's economy will be

New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- With global trade headwinds strengthening and India's government blowing the Swadeshi bugle to double down on domestic drivers of economic expansion, enduring competitiveness is v... Read More


India's EFTA pact is wide-ranging and therefore all the more welcome

New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- Amid all the worry, there's some positive news for India on the trade front. India's deal with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), which counts Iceland, Liechtenstein, Nor... Read More


Festive bonanza effect? India's Reserve Bank has done well by preserving its firepower for later

New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- America's tariffs did not just upend India's trade forecasts, they clouded the economic outlook with uncertainty, even though our growth impulses seem intact so far. So, it isn't ... Read More


As an ICE age nears its end, a whole web of auto component makers stare at a bleak future

New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- The scale and pace of change are rising relentlessly. It is evident in everything from how things are produced and marketed, how nations interact with one another and how people... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | RBI can focus on either growth or inflation without worrying about the other

New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- It's a dilemma that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) wouldn't mind being caught in. The economy's growth path seems to be on a steady incline with inflation well under control. S... Read More


National Pension Scheme: It's getting a leg-up but will tax rules be a let-down?

New Delhi, Sept. 29 -- Come 1 October, a reformed National Pension System (NPS) will be put in place to eliminate some of its current rigidity. For one, non-government-employee subscribers will now ha... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | India's pharma exports are mostly immune but trade logic gets battered

New Delhi, Sept. 29 -- Only a sliver of India's pharmaceutical exports to the US, placed at roughly $10.5 billion in 2024-25, appears to face the 100% tariff hurdle likely to be erected this week by A... Read More