India’s industrial growth was a robust 8% in August, but mining and consumer non-durables remained weak despite a favourable base. #IIP Read more »
India’s ethanol blending policy has cut oil use and built distillery capacity, but E20 now shifts the challenge towards vehicles and consumers. #E20 #ethanol Read more »
India’s disaster planning must account for elderly people in rural areas, with local data, clear panchayat responsibilities and predictable funding. #ageing #rural #India Read more »
India’s September power crunch exposes a coal shortage as thermal plants face low stocks and peak electricity demand stays high. #coalshortage Read more »
India’s mobile phone manufacturing boom needs effective worker grievance systems as labour standards become part of global supply-chain scrutiny. #mobile #manufacturing #PLI Read more »
India's new UPI MDR bans direct consumer charges, but the harder question is whether merchants will recover the cost through prices. #UPI #MDR Read more »
The proposed IRDAI’s commission caps could lower insurance distribution costs while testing whether distributors will keep selling difficult-to-place products. #IRDAI #insurance Read more »
AI, smart grid and peer-to-peer trading will decide how India's increasingly distributed electricity grid could operate. #smartgrid #climate Read more »
India is tightening pork import rules around disease and food safety, but could face scrutiny over WTO rules and the treatment of domestic production. Read more »
The Trump-Xi summit extended the trade truce but left issues such as AI, Taiwan and strategic rivalry largely unresolved. Read more »