BRICS supply chain resilience

BRICS can help Indian MSMEs climb global value chains

For India’s MSMEs, the gains from global trade will depend on whether they can finance export orders, meet overseas standards and move into higher-value production. #MSME #Tiruppur #BRICS Read more »
Widening trade deficit

Widening trade deficit: The missing link is domestic value

India needs stronger domestic suppliers to turn export growth into lasting manufacturing competitiveness and foreign-exchange gains. #tradedeficit Read more »
FDI boom

FDI boom conceals a troubling investment gap

India's FDI boom is welcome, but repatriation and overseas expansion by Indian companies are keeping net inflows low. #FDI Read more »
gig platforms

India’s gig platforms weaponise information asymmetry

India recognises gig platforms economy in its social security framework, but data gaps and weak algorithmic oversight complicate enforcement. #economy Read more »
India’s poverty gains

India’s poverty gains are real, but economic security remains elusive

India has lifted millions out of poverty, but weak real earnings and youth unemployment expose the limits of poverty-line measures. #unemployment #poverty Read more »
Retail inflation

Retail inflation surge puts RBI’s growth priorities to test

As retail inflation rose to 5.54% in September, the RBI must contain price pressures without weakening consumption and investment. #inflation Read more »
Luxury market

Luxury market growth reveals limits of headline consumption

India’s luxury market is expanding, but premium car sales reveal little about the financial security and spending power of ordinary households. #luxury #retail Read more »
Fiscal discipline

Fiscal discipline must start with better spending

India needs fiscal discipline, but better spending and stronger implementation matter as much as higher allocations. #fiscaldiscipline Read more »
India's $1 trillion export target

India’s $1 trillion export target needs more than FTAs

India's $1 trillion export target in FY27 depends on better logistics, lower costs and stronger manufacturing capabilities to win orders. #exports #India Read more »
India's professional class

India’s professional class has little political clout

India’s professional class plans carefully for retirement but has struggled to turn its economic weight into collective political influence. Read more »