India Insight Digest

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

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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...

Youth-led protests are pressuring governments on jobs and governance, echoing demands for the transparency once associated with Manmohan Singh.

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Congress alleges the Modi government's flawed economic policies have triggered a severe employment crisis in India.

• Recruitment by eleven major...

India has shifted from market to watch to active capacity-building under ISM 2.0, with fabs rising in multiple states.

• Incentives stack offers up...

India's economy is projected to reach $5.1 trillion by FY29 per the IMF's April 2026 outlook, a milestone the government frames as achievable through its broad-based strategy of manufacturing push, infrastructure spending and reforms.

Headline investment surged 71% QoQ in Q1-FY2027, yet the spike was driven almost entirely by four nuclear projects worth Rs 6.5 lakh crore.

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• RBI expected to hold rates this week despite peers in Europe, Australia and Asia hiking since the Gulf conflict began, as June CPI at 4.38% stays...

India's goal of developed-nation status by 2047 requires deeper reforms as trade barriers rise and supply chains turn into instruments of state power....

Education has emerged as India's fourth essential need, now viewed alongside roti, kapda, makaan as vital for dignity, mobility and secure...

India's draft notification requires every new vehicle — including all motorcycles and scooters — to install C-V2X V2V systems by October 2028, making...

BJP's defeats in Bankipur and Datia reveal deeper vulnerabilities after leadership shifts and governance controversies.

• Youth backlash: Paper...

India is expanding strategic petroleum reserves even as it deepens dependence on discounted Russian crude for immediate supply security.

• ONGC will...

Brookfield Asset Management is launching Lumara Energy, a new platform deploying $600 million to build over 6 GW of solar, wind and battery projects...

India is positioning itself as a leader in sustainability reporting by requiring audit-grade assurance for its thousand largest listed companies by...

The Indian government continues to promote foreign investment while progressively refining its FDI framework, with proposed reforms under discussion.