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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicMake in India

Topic: Make in India

India’s services exports will soon beat merchandise exports. That’s nothing to celebrate

This would make the rupee stronger, further putting the manufacturing sector at a disadvantage. And that would mean lack of domestic jobs for millions of youth.

Ajit Ranade on govt’s dependency on RBI, Mahesh Vyas on job slowdown, focus on exports asks Gurcharan Das

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

IITs get new brief from Modi govt — work on indigenous defence technology

HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal tells IIT directors that institutions will have to contribute in space & defence sectors as part of Make in India.

Shyam Saran on Budget’s ‘flawed Swadeshi’ angle, & Brahma Chellaney on ‘Make in India’ for weapons

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

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.

Companies moving out of China because of US trade war? Here are India’s new sops to woo them

Financial incentives such as preferential tax rates and the tax holiday provided by Vietnam to lure companies are among some measures being considered by India.

Modi’s new govt plans tax benefits, easier clearances to get ‘Make in India’ to work

Make in India was launched with much fanfare by Modi in 2014, but failed to boost manufacturing. Union budget expected to announce steps to revive it.

IAF workhorse AN-32 gets a fuel that’s green and creates jobs for tribals

The IAF will now run its AN-32 transport aircraft on a blended bio-fuel partly derived from trees. It plans to widen the experiment over the next two years.

Harbour no animus against Congress leaders: Yogendra Yadav after saying party ‘must die’

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

These are the ‘unfulfilled tasks’ for which Modi govt is asking for another 5 years

The running theme in BJP ads on TV and radio is that the party is seeking more time to “further” and “expand” its initiatives and schemes.

On Camera

Trump is swinging on Russia again. What this means for Europe’s security architecture

The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.