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Is the India-EU FTA equitable? Europe’s Digital Product Passport raises questions on that score

Is the India-EU FTA equitable? Europe’s Digital Product Passport raises questions on that score

Sayantan Haldar

17 hours ago

4 min read

Israel-Iran war hits India’s basmati exports; exporters seek immediate relief

Israel-Iran war hits India’s basmati exports; exporters seek immediate relief

05 Mar 2026

3 min read

Women’s economic-opportunity laws only half-enforced globally: World Bank

Women’s economic-opportunity laws only half-enforced globally: World Bank

Nandita Banerji

24 Feb 2026

3 min read

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with European Council President António Costa (left) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during the 16th India-EU Summit in New Delhi, where the leaders announced the India-EU free trade agreement

India-EU FTA: Shift in trade winds

18 Feb 2026

3 min read

Cost of a schoolbook: 10-year-old Indonesia boy’s suicide exposes limits of income-based poverty metrics

Cost of a schoolbook: 10-year-old Indonesia boy’s suicide exposes limits of income-based poverty metrics

Putu Geniki L Natih

18 Feb 2026

5 min read

Union Budget 2026-27: A wish list?

Union Budget 2026-27: A wish list?

17 Feb 2026

2 min read

Advantage India

Advantage India

17 Feb 2026

4 min read

The report contends that Africa still sells its raw minerals at low prices, only to import finished goods made from those same resources at much higher costs — in effect, paying twice for its own wealth.

Global trade tensions raise strategic value of African minerals, report says

14 Feb 2026

4 min read

US tariff shift deepens developing countries’ competitive disadvantage: UNCTAD

US tariff shift deepens developing countries’ competitive disadvantage: UNCTAD

13 Feb 2026

3 min read

Budget 2026 is green on paper, fragile on the ground

Budget 2026 is green on paper, fragile on the ground

11 Feb 2026

4 min read

India opens farm imports in ‘calibrated manner’ under India-US trade deal

India opens farm imports in ‘calibrated manner’ under India-US trade deal

08 Feb 2026

3 min read

India, US announce interim trade framework, recalibrate tariffs amid geopolitical and supply-chain competition

India, US announce interim trade framework, recalibrate tariffs amid geopolitical and supply-chain competition

07 Feb 2026

7 min read

News

Israel-Iran war hits India’s basmati exports; exporters seek immediate relief

Israel-Iran war hits India’s basmati exports; exporters seek immediate relief

05 Mar 2026

3 min read

Women’s economic-opportunity laws only half-enforced globally: World Bank

Women’s economic-opportunity laws only half-enforced globally: World Bank

Nandita Banerji

24 Feb 2026

3 min read

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with European Council President António Costa (left) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during the 16th India-EU Summit in New Delhi, where the leaders announced the India-EU free trade agreement

India-EU FTA: Shift in trade winds

18 Feb 2026

3 min read

Union Budget 2026-27: A wish list?

Union Budget 2026-27: A wish list?

17 Feb 2026

2 min read

The report contends that Africa still sells its raw minerals at low prices, only to import finished goods made from those same resources at much higher costs — in effect, paying twice for its own wealth.

Global trade tensions raise strategic value of African minerals, report says

14 Feb 2026

4 min read

US tariff shift deepens developing countries’ competitive disadvantage: UNCTAD

US tariff shift deepens developing countries’ competitive disadvantage: UNCTAD

13 Feb 2026

3 min read

Interviews

‘Trump’s tariffs mark weaponisation of trade, threaten globalisation’

‘Trump’s tariffs mark weaponisation of trade, threaten globalisation’

09 Apr 2025

4 min read

'Half of India without significant wealth'

'Half of India without significant wealth'

Richard Mahapatra

07 Dec 2021

2 min read

A locked-up house in the village of Baluni, Uttarakhand. Photo: Srikant Chaudhary

45% of migrants will stay back in Uttarakhand, says CM Rawat

26 Aug 2020

4 min read

‘Repressive governments use financial crises, global pandemics to change societal norms’

‘Repressive governments use financial crises, global pandemics to change societal norms’

13 Jul 2020

3 min read

COVID-19 labour laws dilution: ‘Neo-liberal character has eroded welfare state’

COVID-19 labour laws dilution: ‘Neo-liberal character has eroded welfare state’

12 May 2020

7 min read

‘Signing RCEP will mean no duties on solar products’

‘Signing RCEP will mean no duties on solar products’

04 Nov 2019

2 min read

Poor no longer moving to higher income bracket: Pronab Sen

Poor no longer moving to higher income bracket: Pronab Sen

31 Oct 2019

4 min read

'Oxfam’s used clothing trade in Africa opened employment, cut waste'

'Oxfam’s used clothing trade in Africa opened employment, cut waste'

29 May 2019

4 min read

Blog (Economy)

Is the India-EU FTA equitable? Europe’s Digital Product Passport raises questions on that score

Is the India-EU FTA equitable? Europe’s Digital Product Passport raises questions on that score

Sayantan Haldar

17 hours ago

4 min read

Cost of a schoolbook: 10-year-old Indonesia boy’s suicide exposes limits of income-based poverty metrics

Cost of a schoolbook: 10-year-old Indonesia boy’s suicide exposes limits of income-based poverty metrics

Putu Geniki L Natih

18 Feb 2026

5 min read

Budget 2026 is green on paper, fragile on the ground

Budget 2026 is green on paper, fragile on the ground

11 Feb 2026

4 min read

Designed scarcity: Why carrying your own water bottle is now a political act

Designed scarcity: Why carrying your own water bottle is now a political act

05 Feb 2026

4 min read

Videos (Economy)

Economic Survey 2025–26 explained: Why India must grow and absorb global shocks

Economic Survey 2025–26 explained: Why India must grow and absorb global shocks

30 Jan 2026

1 min read

More than trade: How the EU-India deal pushes back against US pressure

More than trade: How the EU-India deal pushes back against US pressure

30 Jan 2026

1 min read

What do gig workers really need?

What do gig workers really need?

07 Jan 2026

1 min read

COP30 Brazil negotiations: From forest funds to finance flows

COP30 Brazil negotiations: From forest funds to finance flows

11 Nov 2025

1 min read

Books (Economy)

Book Excerpt: How 7 islands that were part of a dowry became India’s leading economic centre

Book Excerpt: How 7 islands that were part of a dowry became India’s leading economic centre

Lakshmi Subramanian

25 Jan 2025

4 min read

Book excerpt: How the Suez canal was built

Book excerpt: How the Suez canal was built

04 Aug 2023

6 min read

Evolution of work

Evolution of work

29 Nov -1

4 min read

Yes, she can

Yes, she can

29 Nov -1

4 min read

Explore More (Economy)

Advantage India

Advantage India

17 Feb 2026

4 min read

The dried fish is an essential product not only for local consumption but also for export to other parts of India and abroad, particularly in markets where fresh fish may not be readily available.

Where ocean’s bounty meets a salt desert: Salaya's dried fish legacy

28 Apr 2025

2 min read

Highlights from the issue

Highlights from the issue

17 Apr 2025

2 min read

When disparity hides in plain sight: Malnourished migrants' cheap labour subsidises Delhi NCR's real estate boom

When disparity hides in plain sight: Malnourished migrants' cheap labour subsidises Delhi NCR's real estate boom

07 Apr 2025

2 min read

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