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Mint Quick Edit | India's Goldilocks economy: A peace dividend of monetary-fiscal policy harmony

New Delhi, Jan. 13 -- With food prices falling less, headline inflation has shown a modest uptick in December. Government data released on Monday put India's consumer price index-based year-on-year ra... Read More


Why a market economy remains India's best bet even though the idea has taken a volley of Cold War II blows

New Delhi, Jan. 12 -- It has been 34 years plus since the Cold War triumph of 'capitalism' over 'communism'-or rather, of the free-market idea over the Soviet model of a centrally run economy, to put ... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | What can Iran's street unrest be traced to: US sanctions or its 'oil curse'?

New Delhi, Jan. 12 -- As urban spaces rage with protests, Iran seems in turmoil again. Is America's long squeeze of Iran's economy at work? Or a classic "oil curse"? The stir was set off by an inflati... Read More


Why Census 2027 isn't just another headcount-it could be a turning point for Indian democracy

New Delhi, Jan. 9 -- On Wednesday, the same day that the National Statistics Office published its first advance estimate of GDP for 2025-26, the government announced that India's long-overdue census w... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | Trump's withdrawal of America from global institutions will return to haunt Uncle Sam

New Delhi, Jan. 9 -- President Donald Trump has pulled the US out of more than five dozen global organizations. As the White House put it, these "no longer serve American interests" and promote "ineff... Read More


Railway finances: Why small fare hikes won't put Indian Railways on track to a brighter future

New Delhi, Jan. 8 -- The recent decision of Indian Railways (IR) to raise fares on all classes of travel, other than suburban rail, season passes and short-distance second-class ordinary, reflects a d... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | Single-digit nominal GDP growth could complicate the government's fiscal planning

New Delhi, Jan. 8 -- The government's 7.4% first advance estimate of real GDP growth in 2025-26 released on Wednesday offers reassurance that India's economy is growing robustly. After 2024-25's 6.5% ... Read More


India's fertilizer policy needs an end-to-end rethink: What we have today is something of a travesty

New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- India's fertilizer imports are expected to go up from 10 million tonnes this year to 12 million in the next. This has led to heavy lobbying for incentives to raise domestic produc... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | India's PMI dipped in December for both services and factories but that's no cause for concern

New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for Indian services in December released on Tuesday mirrors the trend in manufacturing, with the year ending on a note of moderation. The read... Read More


As India bets big on AI, can it deliver economic growth that is truly inclusive?

New Delhi, Jan. 6 -- India is making steady progress on artificial intelligence (AI). After chairing the Global Partnership on AI Council in 2024, the country is preparing to host the five-day India A... Read More