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N Madhavan

Senior Editor

Madhavan loves writing on macro-economy, policy and corporates across diverse sectors. Equally love movies and reading. A Chevening Scholar.

ARTICLES BY N MADHAVAN

Nara Lokesh, Andhra Pradesh’s minister for HRD, IT and electronics, at the 30th CII Partnership Summit 2025 in Visakhapatnam last week.

How ‘speed of doing business’ is transforming Andhra Pradesh

11 min read . 05:56 pm IST

Bihar remains the largest supplier of labour to other states. (ANI Photo) (Rahul Sharma)

Can NDA transform Bihar from a labour supplier to a job creator?

2 min read . 14 Nov 2025

Nara Lokesh, Andhra Pradesh minister of human resource development, IT & electronics.

I am hungry and want Andhra to attract $1 trillion investment: Nara Lokesh

3 min read . 09 Nov 2025

For the first six months of the current fiscal (April-September 2025), exports stood at $220 billion, compared to $214 billion in the same period last year. (Bloomberg)

Why India's tariff-hit exporters need urgent help

2 min read . 05 Nov 2025

Globally, extreme poverty has declined from 47.1% in 1981 to 10.3% in 2024. (Image: Pixabay)

Mint Explainer | Has Kerala really eradicated extreme poverty?

2 min read . 04 Nov 2025

Balasubramaniam V., a farmer in Tamil Nadu’s Nagapattinam district, with a ‘check tray’ at his farm. The tray is used to check shrimp health. (N. Madhavan)

India’s shrimp crisis: Can ‘atmanirbhar prawns’ scale Trump’s tariff wall?

10 min read . 28 Oct 2025

Samples of rare earth minerals. (Reuters)

Mint Explainer | The race to break China’s rare earth stranglehold

3 min read . 27 Oct 2025

A meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely later this month at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in South Korea. (File Photo: AFP)

Why China and the US are ratcheting up their trade war again

2 min read . 22 Oct 2025

In April, US president Donald Trump unveiled the so-called ‘liberation day’ tariffs. (AFP)

Why Trump’s tariffs have not crippled the global economy yet

2 min read . 13 Oct 2025

The manufacturing floor at Esstee Exports India, a major exporter from Tiruppur. Even before the US hit India with 50% tariffs, Tiruppur was facing serious structural challenges. (N. Madhavan)

Tiruppur’s textile heroes: How small firms are fighting 50% US tariffs

9 min read . 09 Oct 2025

The maritime sector is the backbone of India’s economy, as 95% of the trade, in volume terms and 70%, in value terms, happens through sea. (AFP)

India spends defence budget on foreign ships. Can't it build its own?

3 min read . 29 Sept 2025

Besides the 50% US tariffs, the shrimp industry is staring at a potential anti-dumping duty of as much as 40%. (Image: Pixabay)

Double blow: Why this is the toughest test yet for the Indian shrimp industry

3 min read . 25 Sept 2025

File photo of cows at Nandi Park Gaushala, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. (Govind Narayan)

Cows vs trade deals: The battle for India’s milk market

9 min read . 15 Sept 2025

Retail inflation declined mainly due to the fall in prices of vegetables and other food articles. (File Photo: Reuters)

Is the good news on prices here to stay? The dip in retail inflation explained

3 min read . 15 Sept 2025

The GST Council on Wednesday unwrapped GST rate cuts on a wide array of daily use and aspirational goods ranging from packaged foods to consumer electronics. (Photo: PTI)

Will GST rate cut upset government’s fiscal math?

2 min read . 04 Sept 2025

The lower deficit is a welcome development as it eases pressure on the rupee and consequently inflation. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg

India's current account deficit narrows in Q1. Is it sustainable?

3 min read . 02 Sept 2025

Private capex is improving if the index of industrial production (IIP) numbers are any indication. File Photo: REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee

India's Q1 GDP numbers beat expectations. But the devil is in the details

3 min read . 31 Aug 2025

GST Network portal has been facing technical challenges since yesterday,

GST 2.0 reform: Fewer slabs, lower rates, end of cess—what it means for you

3 min read . 17 Aug 2025

The steep tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on Indian goods threaten to significantly dent exports to the world’s largest economy. (PTI)

Has Trump's tariff shock given India its next ‘1991 moment'?

3 min read . 11 Aug 2025

US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. New Delhi has been caught off guard by the sudden downturn in the India-US bonhomie, India’s response has been restrained. (File Photo: Reuters)

Will Trump’s tariff war push India closer to Russia and China?

2 min read . 03 Aug 2025