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The housing property market across India is witnessing substantial growth in sales volumes, driven by stable economic conditions and continued confidence, even amidst higher mortgage rates. This uptrend is led by the top eight cities, including Mumb...

Budget: Modi's recent focus on PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi aimed to support farmers. The upcoming Union budget may lean towards populism, highlighting the exclusion of tenant farmers in schemes like PM-Kisan. Challenges such as irrigation and labour short...

Schumpeterians believe that government attempts to help, help and help again are the root cause of all that has gone wrong. They link this to declining GDP growth, angst among workers that 'decent jobs' are disappearing, rising inequalities, a soari...

BlackRock's resurgence can be attributed to more than just market growth: India's growing ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) movement plays a crucial role. As a prominent figure in sustainable and transition investing globally, BlackRock's ...

India Ratings and Research predicts that vehicle financiers will increase the share of used vehicles in their AUM due to rising new vehicle prices, food inflation, heat wave, moderation in capacity utilization due to elections, and slowing rural eco...

India's digital economy is on track to reach $1 trillion by 2030 with a growth rate 2.8 times that of regular GDP. Leveraging the CHIPS framework and strategic partnerships, India aims to secure a prominent global position through sustainable practi...

India's growing population, coupled with higher disposable incomes and consumption, has already begun to devastate our carefully constructed cocoons without our realising it. Competitive manufacturing (leveraging economies of scale, procurement, bra...

The USD hegemony is unravelling, and the global financial order is moving towards a new era led by BRICS-plus countries. Hard commodities-based blockchain-enabled digital currencies will challenge the dollar's dominance and its power dynamics throug...

The tried-and-tested approach to growing an economy, lifting per-capita incomes and alleviating poverty sustainably, is to focus on supply-side reforms to lift public and private investment. This approach has worked in many East Asian economies and ...

All political funding should be routed transparently through electronic means, via UPI, IMPS, Neft or RTGS. Let parties crowdfund themselves. In a democracy, money should move from the people to their parties, not from politicians to voters.

The benchmark index reached a new high despite concerns of a probe by SEBI into alleged misleading statements by PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, as claimed by Rahul Gandhi.

India's economy is thriving with 8.2% GDP growth, strong public investment, and tax revenues. However, weak consumer demand and private capex remain issues. To boost growth, the government should create more public sector jobs, increasing incomes an...

Voters in the recent election have sent a clear message: they value responsible spending over freebies. At the national level, the NDA government, despite a reduced majority, was preferred over a challenger promising unattainable giveaways. Similarl...

While India is integrating into global value chains (GVCs), the benefits via higher overall exports are not yet visible. We also need to create millions of jobs for youth joining the working-age population. There are also global uncertainties to nav...

The Indian electorate has defied predictions of certainty, but the economic agenda for India remains unchanged. Despite impressive economic progress since 1991, India remains a low-middle-income economy. Policy priorities include urban expansion, mo...

Sovereign ratings, a product of the pre-depression era when analysts were a rarity and communication was expensive, are turning into dinner-table conversations rather than driving investment decisions.

Investors are anxious about the potential impact of the ongoing general elections on economic policies. The possibility of the INDIA alliance, led by the Congress Party, coming to power has raised fears of a significant policy shift, particularly fo...

India aims to be a $5 tn economy. So, there's much talk about accelerating growth and enhancing economic competitiveness. But are we through talking about political competition?

India's explosive growth in infrastructure, digitization, and human resources is evident in record-breaking achievements across all sectors. With a booming economy, soaring market capitalization, and increasing foreign investments, global agencies r...