Economy

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during an interview with PTI, in New Delhi, on September 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI In a gesture underscoring the spirit of cooperative federalism, …

Twenty-year-old Vanaja, a tailor in Tiruppur district of Tamil Nadu, is worried that U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Indian imports could impact her wages. Vanaja has been working at …

GST reforms to provide relief to families, ease compliance for businesses: India Inc India Inc on Thursday hailed the GST Council’s “forward-looking decisions” — moving to two rates of 5 …

The immediate impact of recent U.S. tariffs on Indian exports may appear limited, but their secondary and tertiary effects on the economy pose challenges that must be addressed, the Finance …

The additional 25% tariff imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on India for its purchases of Russian oil came into effect Wednesday (August 27, 2025), bringing the total amount of …

78 Years of Freedom The Narendra Modi government’s quest to bolster the domestic manufacturing sector is not the first time a government has tried this. In fact, the manufacturing sector …

Representative image | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Indian government is tweaking its earlier plans for an Export Promotion Mission to make it more targeted towards specific sectors in the …

The story so far: On July 30, U.S. President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs on imports from India “plus a penalty”. While this puts to rest months of speculation over …

The Parliamentary Select Committee appointed to review the new Income Tax Bill 2025 proposed by the government has retained the provisions in the new Bill empowering tax officials to access, …

Online food delivery workers at Namakkal in Tamil Nadu on July 1. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The 2025 Union Budget took several measures to formally ‘recognise’ gig and platform …