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Thursday, September 4, 2025
TopicEconomic policy

Topic: economic policy

Economist, policy researcher-writer & ThePrint columnist Radhika Pandey passes away at 46

An associate professor at NIPFP, Pandey was a macroeconomist with 20-plus years of experience in public policy and teaching, previously having taught at NLU Jodhpur.

GDP data revisions—why India still struggles with sharp variations

The latest round of GDP data revisions underlines the need for a bigger fix.

Manmohan Singh behaved very differently in crisis. He junked gradualism

Singh often quoted a 19th century German statesman, saying: ‘Politics is the art of the possible.’ He believed designing reforms might be a science, but executing them was an art.

Why private investment is a key driver of India’s growth & the ‘trump card’ behind Modi-Putin bonhomie

Global media also reported on IMF's upgraded growth forecast due to robust rural consumer spending, and Air India's market share being at its highest in three years.

Why India’s politics is going populist and its economics nationalist, just like US & China

India’s economic reforms, 1991 and after, were an investment in freer markets, domestic as well as global. The reforms were influenced by the ideas...

A secret note — how Indira Gandhi won the battle with Morarji Desai on nationalisation of banks

In 'Untold Story of India's Finance Ministers’, AK Bhattacharya looks back at major economic policy shifts, a stock market scandal, devaluation of the rupee and more.

On Camera

Giorgio Armani brought a feminine touch to men’s tailoring — and taught them how to suit up

Armani built a multibillion-dollar global brand from something as simple as an unstructured jacket, and broke down the walls between formal and casual.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

HAL team to visit US this month for talks on joint production of GE 414 engines

The engines are meant for Tejas Mk 2 and the first tranche of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA).

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.