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Puja Mehra

ARTICLES BY PUJA MEHRA

Markets observe central banks pursuing several objectives and infer a hierarchy among them. (REUTERS)

Why nobody expected RBI's MPC to increase interest rates

4 min read . 06 Aug 2026

Those that wait for tariffs alone to generate orders may be disappointed. (Bloomberg)

The India-UK trade deal has been implemented—now for the hard part

4 min read . 23 Jul 2026

A good way of growing Indian exports is to reduce trade costs, which are very high at present, especially for small and medium enterprises. (Bloomberg)

Paperless trade: how low-hanging fruit could give India outsized gains

4 min read . 25 Jun 2026

The matter of labour protection will not simply go away. (Bloomberg)

Trade barriers: why India must align its labour practices with global regulation

4 min read . 09 Jun 2026

India is not considering a cut in long term capital gains tax on foreign investors.

India not looking at a cut in capital gains tax for FPIs: Official

3 min read . 19 May 2026

The current approach towards rural development falls short. (PTI)

Village upliftment: Rural resilience holds the key to India’s economic tenacity

4 min read . 15 Apr 2026

India and the EU have thrashed out a trade pact that will now be taken up for ratification by the European Parliament and is being called ‘the mother of all deals.’ (Bloomberg)

What India’s free trade pact with the EU reveals about the global trade order

4 min read . 19 Feb 2026

The book looks at select development failures, like subpar improvement in school-learning outcomes. (iStockphoto)

Book review: Everything that’s wrong with India’s development story

6 min read . 29 Nov 2025

The bilateral trade agreement (BTA) is likely to be inked at the ASEAN Summit later this month between US president Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Reuters)

India, US trade deal likely soon, huge tariff cuts on the horizon

6 min read . 22 Oct 2025

Ram Singh, director and professor, Delhi School of Economics and member of the monetary policy committee.

Why this MPC member proposed a change in October policy stance

3 min read . 17 Oct 2025

The US did not raise any concerns at the global trade body on this count, but separately, in its trade deal negotiations with India, the Americans too have made the point strongly about QCOs being one of India’s non-trade barriers. (AFP)

QCOs help lobbies at the cost of hampering India's manufacturing competitiveness

4 min read . 13 Oct 2025

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Europe and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. (File Photo: PMO)

Trump’s calls for coordinated tariffs on India unlikely to sway EU

3 min read . 13 Sept 2025

It’s clear that US President Donald Trump is not settling for win-win deals, and that may be what’s slowing progress with India. (ANI Photo)

The long arc of an India-US trade deal could end in a win-win

4 min read . 31 Jul 2025

Arvind Panagariya, chairman of the Sixteenth Finance Commission.

What 16th Finance Commission’s thinking on giving higher tax share to states

4 min read . 14 Jun 2025

Today, it seems that a new global trade chapter is being written messily and hastily in which the US is trying to replace the rules-based economic order with one based on crude power. (AP)

Trump’s trade agenda: About US jobs or global supremacy?

4 min read . 19 May 2025

US President Donald Trump, who was unmoved by the equity meltdown over his tariff war, beat a retreat at the first sign of an adverse reaction in the market for US Treasury bonds. (AFP)

Trump tariffs: The global bond market achieved what diplomacy couldn’t

4 min read . 13 Apr 2025

Poonam Gupta has been appointed by the RBI as its new Deputy Governor. (World Bank)

Poonam Gupta: RBI’s new status-quo challenger

3 min read . 03 Apr 2025

US President Donald Trump. (Reuters)

Will India be spared Trump's tariffs? We don't know, says DGFT's Sarangi

4 min read . 28 Mar 2025

Reserve Bank of India governor Sanjay Malhotra. (Reuters)

Why RBI may again aggressively defend the rupee

4 min read . 10 Mar 2025

US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters

Trump tariffs: Is the US president doomed to repeat history?

6 min read . 08 Mar 2025