India Insight Digest

India's total market cap-to-GDP ratio hit 124.72% in August 2026, down 10.87% year-over-year but still far above the historical median of 87.45. This...

Indian School of Hospitality is nearly doubling its Gurugram campus to 150,000 square feet, lifting capacity from 550 to 1,200 students over three...

• Module capacity reached 233 GW by June 2026, yet runs at just 35–40% utilisation, below the sustainable 50–65% threshold.
• Heavy concentration in...

• Japan's shrinking market and declining population push firms to seek growth abroad.
• China risks and geopolitical tensions make India a key...

Magna is investing another $35 million in Bengaluru-based Yuma to scale battery swapping for electric two- and three-wheelers, driven by India's gig...

India's manufacturing sector slowed sharply in August, with the HSBC PMI falling to 52.8 from 53.5 in July — its weakest reading in five years. New...

PhonePe’s UPI 123Pay uses SMS to let India’s 200 million feature phone users send money, pay merchants, and check balances without internet or...

Foreign companies are accelerating India's electronics ecosystem through targeted local partnerships spanning recycling to advanced manufacturing.

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India is pursuing a limited reset with China to stabilise the border and preserve strategic autonomy amid shifting global alignments.

• Border first:...

India's combination of scale, young demographics and domestic-driven growth creates a resilient investment destination even as global fragmentation...

Synthetic media scaled nationally in the 2024 General Election and faced India's first dedicated AI regulatory framework during the 2026 state polls...

Indian retirees face inflation eroding even large nest eggs, final pension choices, and tax surprises. Key lessons from recent updates:

• ₹6 crore...

Sonia Gandhi's upcoming memoir Belonging promises rare candour on her journey from Italian student to Congress leader, but readers seek answers to...

India's new Legal Metrology rules mandate uniform IST for all official and commercial use, directly targeting coordination gaps.

• Banking and...

India's strong equity markets are enabling both government and private players to raise funds, though their motivations differ sharply.

• Government...

India's economy shows strong fundamentals with robust domestic demand, healthy banks, and contained inflation at 3.9%. Yet the Iran conflict drives up...

Bangladesh condemned India for allowing exiled PM Sheikh Hasina to address journalists in Delhi, labelling her a "convicted genocider" and calling the...

India's Election Commission has launched its first “special intensive revision” of voter rolls in more than two decades, bringing significant administrative challenges to the process.

Mausam Kumar argues that state-level institutions drive investment decisions far more than central PLI incentives.

• Tamil Nadu's manufacturing...

India's services PMI plunged to a 53-month low of 53.3 in July, dragging the composite index down to 54.3 as new business growth weakened across most...