PM Internship Scheme, GDP, manufacturing, workforce, jobs
The human capital imperative

Unless India’s baseline of human development improves, it will not be able to raise the share of manufacturing and grow…

inflation, food inflation, wheat-rice stocks, food, wheat sales
Can we be sure of food inflation?

Retail vegetable price growth has averaged 10% a month in April 2019-October 2024, almost double the preceding period average, 5.3%.

Rupee, RBI, Reserve Bank of India, foreign currency assets, FCA, currency, yuan
MAGA pressure on the rupee

With the rupee falling less than other currencies and more Chinese dumping likely, Indian business may face domestic sales dip…

GDP growth, credit growth, inflation, urban consumption, investments, government capex, global supply chains, production, exports, Kharif crop, services sector, capital expenditure
GDP shock not a trigger

Apart from growth, which is no doubt important for policymakers, the mandate for the RBI is inflation and there is…

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