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Ajit Ranade

Mint columnist

Ajit Ranade is a Pune-based economist

ARTICLES BY AJIT RANADE

Writing for AI synthesis is as important as the research itself. (AFP)

How should we evaluate academic research in the age of AI?

4 min read . 04 May 2026

The recent violence in Noida during factory worker protests is a symptom of a deeper issue, not the disease. (REUTERS)

Low wages and high profits—it’s a lopsided tug-of-war

4 min read . 20 Apr 2026

RBI banned banks entirely from offering rupee non-deliverable forward (NDF) contracts to any client and forbade the rebooking of cancelled ones. (Reuters)

Ajit Ranade: Rupee volatility? Address onshore-offshore market gaps

4 min read . 06 Apr 2026

A multitude of graduates prepare for government competitive examinations.

Ajit Ranade: India should liberate its youth from a degree trap

4 min read . 23 Mar 2026

The question for policymakers is not whether workers deserve good returns—they do. (Mint)

Ranade: A provident fund payout rate that doesn’t bend is bad for the economy

4 min read . 09 Mar 2026

While the digital payments revolution is real, India’s cash-loving political economy is also part of the stark reality.

Ajit Ranade: What does India’s cash in circulation spike portend?

4 min read . 23 Feb 2026

The most consequential upside of the US relationship may not be its 18% tariff but India’s entry into trusted technology and mineral supply chains. (REUTERS)

Ajit Ranade: Celebrate the India-US trade deal but don’t miss devilish details

4 min read . 08 Feb 2026

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman chose not to be too complacent about the apparent ‘Goldilocks’ type macroeconomic situation India is experiencing. (ANI)

Ajit Ranade: The budget’s focus on capabilities reveals its long view

4 min read . 02 Feb 2026

One big priority is jobs at scale. The budget must make labour-absorbing growth central.

Beyond the Goldilocks glow: Budget priorities on 1 February

4 min read . 30 Jan 2026

The most dangerous feature of air and water pollution is that they kill quietly. (Photo by Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times)

Ajit Ranade: India must heed a warning from Davos on pollution

4 min read . 26 Jan 2026

GST is a destination-based value-added tax on final consumption, it is not meant to be a tax on production or investment.

Ranade: How a GST reform hiding in plain sight could revive private investment

4 min read . 14 Jan 2026

GST is a destination-based value-added tax on final consumption, it is not meant to be a tax on production or investment.

Ranade: How a GST reform hiding in plain sight could revive private investment

4 min read . 12 Jan 2026

Taiwan and India illustrate a classic Keynesian insight: GDP and overall income growth do not automatically translate to consumption growth. (AFP)

Ajit Ranade: Taiwan's economic rebalance has a lesson for India’s emergence

3 min read . 28 Dec 2025

If India wants the rupee to reflect its domestic strength, it must urgently address the structural imbalance in its trade account. (Pexels)

Rapid GDP growth, low inflation and a weakening rupee: What’s going on?

4 min read . 15 Dec 2025

There is a reason why Ather and Bajaj still buy Chinese magnets.

Rare-earth magnet geopolitics: Why an ‘India fix’ just isn’t enough

4 min read . 01 Dec 2025

The long-term test of the labour reforms lies in whether they can make India’s labour market dynamic yet humane. (PTI)

India's new labour codes are finally here. Will they deliver jobs?

7 min read . 22 Nov 2025

When a government (Union or state) does such a cash transfer, it is a fiscal tool, as it must dip into its treasury and displace some other expenditure item to do it. (Pixabay)

Ajit Ranade: Cash handouts are popular but what do they imply for inflation?

4 min read . 18 Nov 2025

India could emerge as an assertive rule-maker at CoP-30, with climate-trade diplomacy in focus. (AFP)

Ajit Ranade: Can India turn CoP-30 into a new chapter of climate leadership?

4 min read . 03 Nov 2025

Without a clear framework to assess and override privacy claims, the Right to Information's efficacy stands endangered. (istockphoto)

Ajit Ranade: Our Right to Information is being clouded by India’s privacy push

4 min read . 21 Oct 2025

If our savings pool begins to dry up, both fiscal sustainability and growth will come under pressure.

India’s growth story faces a hidden threat: Shrinking household savings

4 min read . 06 Oct 2025