Art of the India-US trade deal's revival: The end of a rift between the two partners could spell gains all around

New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- It is plainly good news the US has lowered its import duty on Indian goods from 50%, a truly punitive rate, to 18%. A trade deal is expected to be sewn up anytime now. Its signifi... Read More

Mint Quick Edit | Investors cheered the US trade reset but does this mark a long-awaited market turnaround?

New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- After nearly one-and-a-half years of broad weakness, India's stock market began to flash signs of a revival on Tuesday. The BSE Sensex jumped more than 4% in early trade before cl... Read More

Thank the Finance Commission for a tax-sharing formula tilt that promotes better state-level fiscal policy

New Delhi, Feb. 3 -- The 16th Finance Commission (FC) must be commended for breaking the mould of earlier FCs in what is perhaps the most contentious area of fiscal federalism: 'horizontal devolution'... Read More

Mint Quick Edit | Government bond yields shot up after India unveiled its budget: How much of a worry is this?

New Delhi, Feb. 3 -- The yield on India's 10-year government bond rose to 6.78% on Monday from 6.70% on Friday, its biggest intraday rise since late August. What appears to have put investors off is t... Read More

India's budget doubles down on a tried and tested formula-with debt reduction as a distant target

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- India kept calm and carried on this fiscal year, with a GST spur for retail offtake, an urgency for foreign trade deals and a few tariff tweaks for factory-cost relief making up t... Read More

Mint Quick Edit | Trade relief: The budget signals the end of an inspector raj at Indian ports

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Amid an unravelling of global trade, the Union budget has proposed some welcome steps to ease the pain. As one-off relief for eligible export-oriented manufacturers in special eco... Read More

Economic Survey: The shift India's economy must make for resilience against forces it can't control

New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- This year's Economic Survey has been published under the shadow of a geo-economic upheaval. Although it strikes an optimistic note on India's economy, it offers a realistic asses... Read More

Mint Quick Edit | Tesla's bet on robots should push us to crack an AI puzzle in India's Economic Survey

New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- Is Tesla about to shift its business focus from electric vehicles (EVs) to humanoid robots? Hit by Chinese rivals like BYD, the EV maker reported its first-ever annual drop in re... Read More

India-EU trade accord: Three aspects that'll shape its success and four hoops it must jump through

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- India's recently concluded free trade agreement (FTA) with the EU, almost two decades in the making, has injected fresh energy into the country's geo-economics. It offers strateg... Read More

Mint Quick Edit | RBI's bond-buying aims to soften yields as debt investors await India's budget for cues

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- It's not typical of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to abruptly change its schedule of open market operations. So when it did so this week, it raised eyebrows. Instead of bond pu... Read More

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