Economic Reform
Budget session: President Murmu sets reform agenda, flags technology push and global trade shifts
Addressing the joint sitting of Parliament, she highlighted India's push on technology, manufacturing and job creation, and said recent free trade deals, including the India-EU FTA, were key to integrating India more deeply into global value chains and supporting domestic manufacturing.
4 min read28 Jan 2026Iran protests in Pics – 192 people killed, President Masoud Pezeshkian to address nation
Iran authorities have made significant arrests of key figures in the protest movement that has swept the Islamic republic over the last two weeks, the national police chief said
2 min read11 Jan 2026Nouriel Roubini: Milei's reforms have set Argentina on a path to recovery after years of debt trouble
After years of debt crises and runaway inflation, Argentina may finally be breaking free of its economic troubles. Javier Milei's economic reforms could put the country on a path to success—if he can keep investors' faith and hold the Peronists at bay.
4 min read11 Nov 2025Is Xi Jinping in trouble?
More likely, his leadership is entering a new but no less powerful stage
6 min read21 Jul 2025Why did India decline to vote for IMF's USD 1B loan aid to Pakistan?
India abstained from voting on the IMF's USD 1 billion loan to Pakistan, citing concerns over cross-border terrorism and governance issues.
3 min read10 May 2025Why those calling for reforms in India may need a reality check
Calls for economic reforms have grown louder amid global uncertainty. But these fail to recognize the political conditions that must be met for such changes to go through and succeed.
4 min read20 Apr 2025Budget 2025: More reforms, private investments must for India to become $30 tn economy
Govt must lead by enhancing labor productivity, and infrastructure and energy efficiency, besides setting up large free-trade zones along the coast
3 min read3 Feb 2025India should advocate trade optimism in Manmohan Singh's honour
Globalization stares at further reversals even as India's economy needs an export-led boost. Advocacy of friction-free and low-barrier trade would serve our interests and also be a tribute to the liberalizer's legacy.
3 min read30 Dec 2024Ajit Ranade on Manmohan Singh: Scholar, gentleman, great son of India
The rise of Manmohan Singh (1932-2024) from ordinary beginnings to a giant stature is a tribute to the genius of Indian democracy. Under his leadership, India clocked the highest ever growth rates. No other economist comes even close to his spectacular achievements
3 min read27 Dec 2024India needs to shake up its new political-economy consensus
From cash handouts and PSU retention to a rollback of pension reforms, the new economic policy consensus among political parties isn't reformist. The challenge is to chalk out a widely acceptable economic agenda that is.
4 min read2 Dec 2024