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Sunday, July 20, 2025
TopicPublic debt

Topic: Public debt

Freebie culture may garner electoral triumphs, but India can hardly sustain resulting public debt

Next round of state elections will see more welfare promises. However, these freebies may be offered at the cost of investment in infrastructure required for a modernising economy.

India’s public debt ratio to jump to 90% due to Covid, IMF says

It is projected to stabilise in 2021, before slowly declining up to the end of the projection period in 2025, said Vitor Gaspar, Director of the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Dept.

Populist leaders can ruin a global economic recovery

Future of global economy depends on a new crop of anti-establishment politicians. Given their recent track record, that’s not an encouraging prospect.

On Camera

Can Syria’s tiny Druze minority survive West Asia’s new storms? There’s little hope

Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.