India’s expanding network of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) is opening new markets and strengthening global trade partnerships. However, challenges such as rising trade deficits, low utilization rates, inverted duty structures, and manufacturing competitiveness continue to shape the debate on India’s trade strategy.
The Fiscal Health Index (FHI) evaluates the financial performance of Indian states through indicators such as revenue mobilisation, expenditure quality, fiscal prudence, and debt sustainability. It has sparked debate on balancing sound public finances with social development outcomes.
India and Venezuela are strengthening their strategic partnership through growing cooperation in oil, energy security, and critical minerals. As India diversifies its energy imports, Venezuela is emerging as a key partner in securing long-term resource and economic interests.
India is set to replace the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) with the more comprehensive Producer Price Index (PPI), marking a major reform in inflation measurement. The shift will improve price tracking by covering both goods and services while aligning with global standards.
The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is a key indicator of India’s industrial performance. With the new 2022–23 base year, it offers a more accurate picture of manufacturing, mining, utilities, and core sector growth driving the economy.
Rising Thermal Stress and Aquifer Depletion are reshaping North India’s food bowl, threatening wheat yields, groundwater security, and national food stability as heatwaves intensify and aquifers rapidly decline.
India’s entry into Pax Silica signals a strategic shift in global tech geopolitics, even as debates over Article 176 highlight tensions in federal governance. Together, they reflect India’s challenge of balancing technological ambition with constitutional integrity.
Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0 marks a strategic shift from startup quantity to deep-tech quality, mobilising domestic patient capital through AIFs to support innovation, advanced manufacturing, and long-term industrial scaling, strengthening India’s innovation ecosystem and economic resilience.
The DGCA’s penalty on IndiGo after the December 2025 meltdown exposed the clash between profit-driven over-utilisation and safety resilience, highlighting FDTL compliance, consumer rights and the need for stronger aviation governance in India.
The India–EU trade pact, called the “mother of all trade deals,” aims to boost exports, investment and supply chains while addressing CBAM, services access and MSME competitiveness.
The recent U.S.–Iran understanding has brought Uranium Downblending into global
Recent Supreme Court and Bombay High Court judgments have clarified
Seventy-five years after its enactment, the First Constitutional Amendment Act,
A new global study reveals that forest conservation and poverty
A U.S. court has struck down the proposed $100,000 H-1B
Pakistan’s recent air strikes in Kunar, Khost and Paktika have
