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As America erects a trade wall, growth from globalization will take a bolder bet than it did when the Berlin Wall fell. India should opt for a renewed export thrust even if success demands difficult economic reforms.
1 min read11 Aug 2025How the economy evades every crisis
Foreign-policy types talk of an age of unprecedented disorder—and markets barely notice
10 min read16 Jul 2025Trumponomics 2.0 will erode the foundations of America’s prosperity
The Big Beautiful Bill is symptomatic of a wider malaise
5 min read4 Jul 2025Global FDI shrinks for second year in 2024, UN warns of worsening outlook for 2025
Global investment flows weakened for a second year as geopolitical tensions, trade disputes and economic headwinds erode business confidence, with Asia’s top economies hit hardest even as Southeast Asia bucks the trend.
3 min read19 Jun 2025World growth to slow amid trade turmoil, OECD warns
The world economy will lose pace this year, hamstrung by uncertainty stemming from whipsawing U.S. trade policy, according to OECD forecasts.
3 min read3 Jun 2025The liberal favourite stumbles in Poland’s presidential election
Rafal Trzaskowski may now be the underdog
5 min read19 May 2025Russia and North Korea turn their war alliance into a propaganda tool
The two countries are producing a new wave of content to exalt their partnership in the conflict in Ukraine.
4 min read12 May 2025IMF outlook: The good, the bad and the unsaid
The International Monetary Fund’s April 2025 ‘World Economic Outlook’ is both reassuring and disturbing. It reflects the uncertain times through which the world is passing—and calls for reflection.
3 min read24 Apr 2025Global growth set to slow sharply amid trade tensions, policy uncertainty: IMF
Global GDP is now projected to grow 2.8% in 2025 and 3% in 2026—down from the 3.3% forecast for both years in the January 2025 update.
2 min read22 Apr 2025Cuba is running on empty
Havana targets foreign-company profits as it shrinks public bread rations.
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Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared