How India's Economy Works

Join journalist Puja Mehra as she talks to Economists, Academics and Researchers and breaks down one story to give you all the context you need - historical, macro-economic and policy-related - to understand how it fits into the larger picture of india's economy.

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Capital Markets: The Missing Piece in India’s Growth Story

Insights on what India’s macroeconomic signals reveal about demand, investment, market...

What India’s Impressive GDP Growth Numbers Are Hiding

Insights on what India’s growth numbers reveal—and conceal—about jobs, incomes, fiscal...

What the Data Reveals about India–US Trade Under 50% Tariffs

Insights on what the trade data signals about India’s negotiating space

Cash Transfers For Women Is Sound Economics

Insights on how welfare can be redesigned to advance gender equity

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Insights on what India must prioritise now to convert its demographic window into...

The Economics Behind a Viksit Bihar and Real Implications of Cash Transfers and Emigration

Insights on what the new government must prioritise to turn Bihar’s potential into...

We Assume India Can’t Export to China, But There’s a $161 Billion Market Waiting

Insights on how India can seize an opportunity with China that it has too long overlooked

The Shift from Trade to Public Spending as the New Engine of Growth--and its Bad Timing

Insights on how India can build a more transparent and resilient fiscal framework for the...

India’s Outsized Efforts for Outsized Growth Ambitions with Aurélien Kruse

insights on what it will take to unlock India’s long-awaited growth potential.

The GST Reform India Needs but Didn’t Get with Arbind Modi

Insights on what it will take to reset India’s tax system, revive competitiveness, and lay...

Why India’s Russian Oil Imports are Suddenly Bugging Trump with Suhasini Haidar

Insights on how India can navigate uncertainty, define its red lines, and reset its US...

Trump Has Reset India and the World for at Least the Next 15 Years

Insights on how India can use a moment of global turbulence to drive structural change

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