India inflation

India’s inflation challenge goes beyond interest rates

The RBI’s latest rate hike may contain inflation expectations, but food supply disruptions and costly oil imports require a stronger government response. #RBI #interestrates #inflation Read more »
Services index reveals sharp sectoral differences

Services index reveals sharp sectoral differences

The new Index of Services Production shows strong growth in retail, finance and real estate, while aviation and entertainment contract. #IIP Read more »
India poverty rate

World Bank’s India poverty numbers rest on questionable statistics

India's poverty rate has fallen sharply, but gaps in household consumption data complicate the World Bank's findings. Read more »
India's microfinance sector

Microfinance sector needs a return to collective lending

India's microfinance sector faces high borrowing costs and debt stress, and direct bank lending to self-help groups offers an alternative. Read more »
India’s manufacturing growth is yet to deliver jobs

India’s manufacturing growth is yet to deliver jobs

Manufacturing output is rising and more women are entering the workforce, but the persistence of agricultural self-employment exposes the limits of the structural transformation. #manufacturing Read more »
Retail derivatives market

Retail derivatives market needs stronger investor safeguards

India's derivatives market recorded ₹91,685 crore in retail losses in FY26, prompting questions about investor protection and regulation. #derivatives Read more »
Women’s self-employment

Women’s self-employment boom masks a manufacturing divide

India’s growing number of women-owned manufacturing enterprises conceals a persistent gap between household businesses and firms capable of hiring workers. #women Read more »
Bundelkhand's

Bundelkhand’s industrial ambitions face a jobs challenge

Uttar Pradesh's Bundelkhand investment drive promises industrial growth, but water scarcity and skills shortages could limit local benefits. #Bundelkhand Read more »
core sector growth

Core sector growth conceals weakness in key industries

India's core sector grew 7.9% in September, but falling oil, gas and fertiliser production exposes growing dependence on imports. #coresector Read more »
Rupee oil payments

Rupee oil payments need willing sellers

India can expand rupee oil payments for crude imports where banking costs, exchange-rate risks and suppliers’ needs make it worthwhile. #rupee #oil Read more »