1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (630+ words) Indian states' social spending has risen, but tighter fiscal space and falling education shares expose a human-capital risk. The change matters because most services that determine the quality of everyday life are delivered by states. Schools, hospitals, public health systems…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago   (953+ words) That target is demanding given the present size of the relationship. It nevertheless captures the change in official intent since ties reached their lowest point in decades. A trade agreement could give economic relations greater depth, though its value will…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (712+ words) The case for dollar decline is attritional, not apocalyptic. The currency accounted for 57.13% of global foreign-exchange reserves in the first quarter of 2026. It was part of 89.2% of all foreign-exchange trades in April 2025. No other currency comes close. READ | Trump’s generic…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (787+ words) The opportunity is substantial. India has an 11,099 km coastline and 24 lakh sq km of exclusive economic zone. Most fishing activity happens within 40-50 nautical miles of the coast. India is the world’s second-largest fish producer, but its presence in some of…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (580+ words) During the high-growth years from 1999-2000 to 2015-16, agriculture’s share of employment fell steadily. Formal industry did not absorb most of those who left. Informal non-farm work and construction did. The rural non-farm economy expanded faster than its urban counterpart, with much…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (675+ words) Women farmers: Indian agriculture has a recognition problem. Women do a large part of the work on farms, but the institutions that determine access to land, credit, insurance and markets still tend to recognise the farmer through formal ownership and…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1122+ words) India has 21 years left to reach the economic goal attached to Viksit Bharat. The distance is considerable. India remains a lower-middle-income economy, while the World Bank currently places the threshold for high-income economies at a gross national income per capita…...