Trump Board of Peace and Gaza conflict

Trump’s Board of Peace: Why the new body will lack credibility

Trump’s Board of Peace shifts mandate, centralises power, and monetises membership — raising serious questions about legitimacy. Read more »
PLI, smartphone exports

Smartphone exports surge, but electronics value addition remains thin

PLI delivers smartphone exports success, but concentration risk and low domestic content remain unresolved. #PLI #smartphones #exports Read more »
Budget 2026

Budget 2026: Fiscal policy debate ignores deepest structural flaws

Budget 2026 reforms must focus on India’s fiscal policy failures which are driven less by Union deficits and more by ignored state enterprises, freebies, and untaxed wealth. #Budget2026 #farmers Read more »
electric vehicles

Southern states drive India’s electric vehicle adoption

Southern states have sustained early leadership in India’s electric vehicle market by combining urban form, consumer readiness and ecosystem depth. #EVs #electrcivehicles Read more »
Budget 2026

Budget 2026: Macro factors limits policy space for FM

Growth remains resilient, but weak private investment, sticky food inflation, and a widening trade deficit complicate policy choices before Budget 2026. #2026 #Foodinflation Read more »
India unemployment data, PLFS labour market, unemployment india, job quality india, underemployment

India unemployment data hides a job quality problem

India unemployment data shows resilience, but fails to capture insecurity, low wages, and distress employment across India. #unemployment #PLFS Read more »
WEF’s Global Risks Report 2026

Global Risks Report 2026: Economic, climate shocks are converging

The WEF’s Global Risks Report 2026 shows how geoeconomic conflict, climate stress, and trust deficits are reinforcing each other. Read more »
decline of American hegemony

American hegemony is losing what once made it endure

Intervention in Venezuela and threats against Iran show how coercion, not consensus, is hollowing out the foundations of American hegemony. Read more »
India-EU FTA

India-EU FTA: Strategic deal, limited ambition, real gains

The India-EU FTA is close to closure, with gains in manufacturing and services but limits on agriculture and climate trade. #India #EU #FTA #trade Read more »
India-China trade

India-China trade: Structural imbalance, not a one-year problem

India-China trade shows a massive imbalance which is not a 2025 anomaly but the result of long-term dependence on Chinese intermediates and finished goods. #India #China #trade Read more »