As 2025 unfolded, India’s business landscape evolved not just by a single defining event, but rather a cascade of developments shaped the business arena. Monetary policy signals, reforms and changes in policy decisions and global corporate entries kept surfacing throughout the year, with each event marking a moment of significance in its own way. Together,…
Despite a weakening rupee that has put India in the bracket of Asian countries with the worst performing currency, the economy’s export numbers look impressive in the aggregate. However, a closer reading of the data reveals a far more uneven and structurally revealing story. When stripped of national aggregates, the data reveals a sharp divergence…
In 2025, gold has soared by 70%, putting it on course for its strongest annual gain since 1979. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Gold and silver prices dominated their record-breaking run on Tuesday (December 23, 2025) as investors stacked up safe-haven assets amid rising geopolitical tensions and growing anticipation of interest rate cuts next year by…
A new series of CPI data with a base year of 2024 is scheduled to be released on February 12, 2026. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on Monday (December 22, 2025) said that it will release a new series of macroeconomic data with a changed base year for…
Prime Minister of New Zealand, Christopher Luxon and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. File. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR The following are the highlights of the India-New Zealand free trade agreement, closure of negotiations for which was announced on Monday (December 22, 2025). The pact is likely to be signed in three…
Dairy has long been the most sensitive, and politically charged issue in the negotiations. File. | Photo Credit: AP India has not given any import duty concessions in its dairy sector for New Zealand under the bilateral free trade agreement, an official said on Monday (December 22, 2025). Both sides announced the conclusion of negotiations…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in New Delhi, on March 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP India and New Zealand successfully concluded negotiations for a comprehensive free trade agreement, Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Christopher Luxon announced on Monday (December 22, 2025) following a phone call between the leaders….
The Securities Markets Code (SMC) Bill draws a clear line on Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) enforcement reach by imposing an eight-year statutory limit on inspections and investigations, a move aimed at preventing prolonged regulatory overhang on market participants. However, this eight-year limitation will not apply to cases that have a systemic impact…
India’s forex reserves jumped by $1.689 billion to $688.949 billion during the week ended December 12, the Reserve Bank of India said. File | Photo Credit: Reuters India’s forex reserves jumped by $1.689 billion to $688.949 billion during the week ended December 12, the Reserve Bank of India said on Friday (December 19, 2025). In…
Every Budget is presented in February and lays out the plan for the government’s spending in the financial year that will start in April that year. This relies on a fair bit of estimation. Once about 8-9 months are past, the government is in a much better state to have an accurate idea of how…
