Category: Economy
Xi Jinping’s India visit to help diplomatic thaw, but business ties bound by suspicion
New Delhi: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to New Delhi this week, his first to India in seven years, should further the diplomatic thaw between…
‘Mutually beneficial, win-win in nature’: Chinese Foreign Ministry on trade ties with India
Beijing: China on Thursday described its economic and trade cooperation with India as “mutually beneficial and win-win in nature”, while calling on New Delhi to…
The BRICS trade boom has a $226 billion hole for India
India’s trade with BRICS has more than doubled in five years, but imports have raced far ahead of exports, pushing the country’s trade deficit with…
Bilats, brush-bys, pull-asides: The secret art of summitry at BRICS
This weekend, New Delhi will become a giant diplomatic stage. Leaders will arrive, flags will go up, motorcades will sweep through the city and the…
BRICS 2026: From bigger to better? The New Delhi summit may put trade, tech and energy in focus
New Delhi is preparing to host a BRICS summit that is as much about what the 11-member grouping can agree on as what it cannot….
Govt asks sugar mills to ensure adequate supplies during festivals, keep prices ‘reasonable’
India has asked sugar mills to ensure adequate supplies during the festival season and sell the sweetener at reasonable prices, while warning it will take…
BRICS Summit in New Delhi: The grand finale is India’s moment to navigate a bigger, and more divided bloc
Nearly two decades ago, Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) set out to give emerging economies a greater voice in global governance. South Africa joined…
India’s exports under free trade pacts grew faster than imports in April-July: Piyush Goyal
New Delhi [India]: Exports under free trade agreements (FTAs) are now growing faster than imports, signaling an improvement in the utilisation of trade pacts, according…
From farm ponds to AI chatbots: India’s blueprint for revitalising dryland agriculture
Drylands are not defined by sudden disasters; their crisis unfolds quietly through declining soil fertility, uncertain rainfall, groundwater stress and repeated production shocks. This slow…
Subhash Chandra Garg cherry-picking figures from two different bases: CBIC
NEW DELHI: The Centre has rejected former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg‘s claim that GST growth numbers have been overstated by leaving compensation cess out…