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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicServices sector

Topic: services sector

Why Modi critics need not fear India’s stand on regional free trade arrangements, failure of PLI scheme

Two standard criticisms voiced by market-oriented commentators are that the Narendra Modi government has erred seriously in staying away from regional free trade arrangements,...

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.

Strong demand pushes service sector activity to 13-year high in April, fastest output expansion since mid-2010

The S&P Services PMI Index for April also pointed out that the level of job creation had remained static despite the growth in business activity, and that input price pressures remain.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.