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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicEconomic Recovery

Topic: Economic Recovery

Despite tepid core sector growth, new FY brings reasons to be optimistic about India’s economic revival

Though production of 8 core infrastructure sectors slowed to a 5-month low in March, other manufacturing and services indicators paint an optimistic picture of the economy.

Economic recovery under Imran Khan makes Pakistanis question his ouster

The findings of Pakistan Economic Survey 2022 left finance minister Miftah Ismail unhappy as he underlined that the Shehbaz Sharif government has 'inherited a fragile economy'.

Recovery from Covid widens India’s urban-rural divide, Citi report says

Citigroup’s broad recovery index indicated a 9.6% jump in demand in urban regions. In contrast, the rural consumption index rose 3.6% and stayed below pre-pandemic levels.

Russia-Ukraine conflict looms over India’s steady economic recovery

Even as the war in Ukraine clouds the outlook for prices and growth in the consumption-driven economy, India’s services and manufacturing activity held steady in February.

Why Modi govt shouldn’t believe jugaad or Band-Aid solutions can sustain economic revival

Will the new Omicron variant set the clock back and dampen the spirits? Modi govt would be naïve to believe RBI and not plan for recovery of the Indian economy.

Omicron worries hit Indian economy just when it seemed poised to recover lost ground

Uncertainties around the variant could potentially increase restrictions, impacting the nascent recovery visible in the contact-intensive sectors.

High commodity prices, ‘low baseline effect’ — what’s driving India’s record high exports

Indian merchandise exports have hit an all-time high of $235 billion from April-Oct. Analysts say this is due to a sharp recovery from low baseline levels during the pandemic last year.

Why the Indian economy won’t get a V-shaped recovery this time

Apart from fading growth momentum and private health expenditure crowding out discretionary spending, pressured rural wages will be the other reason to rule out a quick revival.

India risks becoming Latin America on the ‘Great Gatsby Curve’, must manage its fisc better

Curve tracks intersection of inequality with how likely it is for next generation to move up economic ladder. Big Latin American economies are worst at that.

Only one state prioritised health post-lockdown as India rushed to open economy, finds study

In the fourth quarter of 2020, Indian states were preparing for a post-pandemic world, without improving the readiness for a future Covid-19 wave.

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.