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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
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Topic: investment

Modi needs more than tax breaks to make India an investment hub

India lags behind ASEAN peers in winning over investors. Part of the reason is it’s harder to open and run a business in India than in Southeast Asia.

If it moves, tax it. That’s desperate, India

India is losing the fiscal plot with bureaucrats trying to marshal resources by squeezing taxpayers, foreign investors, firms planning buybacks and even the RBI.

Budget 2019 shows how India can not only become $5 trillion economy, but can also do it fast

With a favourable external environment and a stable exchange rate, India can achieve $4 trillion in next three years.

Modi govt should harness data, make it a public good for better governance: Eco Survey

Economic Survey dismisses privacy concerns, says government not collecting new data but integrating already existing data.

Modi has a long list of challenges to tackle in his second term, say economists

From growth revival to job creation to land and labour reforms, there are many economic challenges that need the new Modi government's intervention.

India’s new govt will get an economy riddled with problems

Arresting economic slowdown & nursing financial sector back to health will be the immediate priorities for whoever wins on 23 May.

Investing in art & making a fortune is not as easy as it sounds

It is human nature to look only at the big winners, while failing to include the impact of the losers.

Resurgent India bulls look to RBI to keep market rally going

RBI will lower benchmark repurchase rate by 25 basis points to 6% on 4 April, according to median estimate in a Bloomberg survey.

Success, not failure, could be the reason why investment demand is still sluggish

Better highways mean trucks can carry bigger loads, so demand for trucks is falling. Such improved productivity must be taken into GDP consideration, but is it?

Deal or no deal, Brexit uncertainty gives India Inc. the jitters

While Indian companies in the UK are ready for Brexit, the murky transition process and the possibility of ‘no deal’ is a matter of concern.

On Camera

How the Bagram airbase from the 1950s is geopolitically significant in the 21st century

Days after Trump lay claim to the Bagram base, Russia, China, Iran and Pakistan “firmly opposed the reestablishment of military bases in and around Afghanistan by the countries responsible for the current situation”.

Mumbai’s been driving India’s data centre market, but water shortage, power demand pose risks

According to a report by Macquarie, India’s data centre market is estimated to double by 2027. India currently has 1.4 gigawatts of operational data centre capacity.

Navy Chief calls for collective solutions to maritime challenges in ‘complex & dynamic’ Indo-Pacific

At 11th edition of Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue in New Delhi, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi said there are three major currents shaping this maritime 'dynaxity'.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.