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What Marco Rubio Was Really Doing In Jamnagar
Marco Rubio’s visit to Jamnagar underscores how energy needs, India’s refining capacity and China’s import restrictions are reshaping diplomacy from political capitals to factory floors and refineries.
India’s Gold Fund Freeze Revives Memories Of 2013 Crisis
October 16 on, gold funds are taking no fresh money, on an unpublished SEBI instruction. It is the eighth rupee-defence measure in seven months, four of them from 2013, while the official line remains that all is manageable.
Why India Isn’t Building The Next ChatGPT
India’s brightest engineers are fixing everyday inefficiencies instead of building frontier technologies, exposing how weak infrastructure and governance hold back deep-tech innovation.
India’s Rs 1.86 Lakh Crore Power Grid Plan Tests Its Weakest Utilities
Under PM DHARA, private firms or state utilities may build the new lines, but discoms will pay for them for 35 years. They already carry Rs 6.47 lakh crore of losses, and the Centre's Rs 54,082 crore lightens the bill without fixing the payer.
Musk Saga Shows Perils Of India’s Trade-By-Exception Approach
Musk’s Starlink grievances trace back to a bespoke Tesla EV policy that brought no investment, offering a stark lesson in negotiating trade by exception.
India's Steelmakers Are Going Green Even As Government Dithers On Funding
A Rs 15,000 crore green steel mission gave way to a narrower Rs 5,000 crore scheme that is still unapproved. The big steelmakers are paying out of pocket, while exports to Europe fall and high-carbon plants get locked in for decades.
Why Are FPIs Walking Away From Indian Markets Despite Its Growth Story?
Strong GDP, record IPOs and stable fundamentals aren't enough: foreign investors are heading for the exits, and the old link between India's growth and FPI flows may have broken.
Why PLI 1.0 Has Paid Out Less Than A Fifth Of The Promised Rs 1.97 Lakh Crore
Phones have collected nearly half the money set aside for them, cars an eighth, speciality steel under a twentieth and batteries nothing. Some of the gap is not yet due, some was forfeited on missed yearly tests, and some was never collectable.
Why India Should Sell Safety, Not Ease of Business
As global capital chases resilience over cost, India can stop fighting a losing battle on red tape and pitch itself as the world's safest place to invest.
India's Banks Do The Least In UPI Payments. They Will Now Earn The Most
UPI payments to shops above Rs 2,000 will now carry a 0.4% fee. Banks collect up to 70 paise in every rupee, and the biggest single share goes to the bank that does nothing but debit the account.
Tata’s Mega Investments Raise Stakes in Boardroom Battle
As Tata Sons chases national ambitions in semiconductors, a boardroom battle over disclosure and control is intensifying.
India Wants China-Free Magnets. Its Raw Material Plan Says Otherwise
Twenty bidders are competing for five plants to refine rare earth magnets in India, but the tender offers no clear answer to where most of their rare earth oxide will come from.
