India Economy
CEA Anantha Nageswaran feels AI not replacing jobs but enhancing human roles, ‘should be treated as tool’
CEA Anantha Nageswaran feels that artificial intelligence raises the value of each working professional rather than replacing them. “Our goal should be to use machines so that our people are freed to do more of what only people can do,” he said.
2 min read9 Jul 2026Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee: A life devoted to India’s unity and progress
If there was one ideal that defined Dr. Mookerjee’s public life above all else, it was the indivisibility of India. He stood firm during the upheaval of Partition to ensure that West Bengal remained an integral part of India, writes PM Modi to commemorate his 125th birth anniversary.
5 min read6 Jul 20265kg LPG cylinder demand from immigrant labourers plummets up to 80% amid price surge
Demand for these portable gas cylinders creatively named after kids plunged after prices doubled following the West Asia war, at least four distributors said. These 5kg cylinders are primarily used by migrant workers and students, and can be bought off the shelf with just Aadhar as identity proof.
5 min read2 Jul 2026The ‘Hi, hello’ monsoon: In rural India, an anxious, high-stakes wait for the skies to swell
A teasing sky is chocking central India’s fields and threatening harvests worth millions. Some Basmati growers and tribal farmers now face a brutal choice: wait for the rain, or pack for the factory floor.
11 min read1 Jul 2026West Bengal's turnaround opportunity: the state has a chance to regain its former economic prosperity
The state's economic slide has been an outcome of policy choices over decades, but an agenda shift could lead a reversal. Here's what the new government in Kolkata should consider.
4 min read29 Jun 2026The week in charts: deficit concerns, IIP reset, India’s wedding dreams
In this weekly Plain Facts compilation, we present to you data-based insights, with easy-to-read charts, to help you delve deeper into the stories reported by Mint in the week gone by.
3 min read6 Jun 2026RBI leaves rates unchanged, shifts focus to attracting foreign capital
The six-member monetary policy committee (MPC) kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.25%, citing geopolitical risks, supply-chain disruptions and weather-related uncertainties.
4 min read5 Jun 2026India’s shrinking middle class: policy must double down on strengthening the economy's backbone
While our economic emergence has been impressive, we’ve seen a concentration of wealth and income among the top few, leaving middle earners behind. Deprived of welfare support and with few avenues to move up, this segment needs help—without which the economy’s growth will be at risk.
3 min read28 May 2026After excise duty cut, BJP-ruled states may cut duty on VAT
An empowered group of secretaries on the Iran war discussed the need for VAT cuts to soften the blow from costly crude, and the Centre may shortly urge states to reduce the tax. The Centre has already cut excise duty by ₹10 per litre on diesel to zero and that on petrol to ₹3 last month.
5 min read22 May 2026UN agency flags India growth slowdown to 6.4% in FY27 as Iran war fuels global inflation, cost pressures
A UN report has warned of weaker global growth, rising inflation and tighter financial conditions, even as India remains among the fastest-growing major economies with a gradual recovery expected in FY28.
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