Food delivery platforms double economic footprint in two years, outpacing GDP growth
Sector’s output touched Rs 1.2 trillion in FY24, with jobs and spillover effects rising sharply, NCAER study shows
Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | Will silver continue to sparkle in 2026?
For Moneycontrol's Pro Panorama December 18 edition: India updates stockbroker regulations, Europe’s policy impacts Indian steel exports, cotton textiles hit by tariff pressures, Kerala municipal poll marks change, and more
Two views of AI and Big Tech
How much has changed?
Select Committee on IBC 2.0 recommends decriminalising technical lapses, and imposing 3-month timeline for NCLAT
On cross border insolvency framework, the Committee feels that it is 'imperative' to codify the basic tenets of the framework directly within the Code itself to provide clear legislative guidance for the central government.
Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | Falling rupee, a new normal?
For Moneycontrol's Pro Panorama December 17 edition: The currency’s fall is less about panic and more about how India is absorbing global capital shocks
OPINION | How Budget 2026-27 can trigger broad-based private investment revival
Import taxes on inputs have an adverse impact on exports. Rationalising unwarranted levies along with a signal that compliance burden will be eased significantly will buoy sentiment
New GDP series to lean on digital data, move away from commodity-flow method
MoSPI plans wider use of administrative datasets and surveys; back series to be released within a year of February 2026 launch
Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | Banking on the customer
In Moneycontrol's Pro Panorama December 16 edition: Right to Disconnect misses core issues, traders face evolving challenges and opportunities in 2026, quick commerce boosts online FMCG market share steadily, digital banking growth sees rising customer complaints, and more
A decade on, Smart Cities Mission struggles to cross the finish line
Repeated deadline extensions expose execution gaps, with several cities lagging and high-value projects still unfinished
OPINION | Why the India–EU Free Trade Agreement is critical for Indian industry
India–EU FTA represents the scaffolding for India’s next industrial leap. It offers the regulatory foundation, external confidence, and investment pipeline needed for Indian industry to move up the value chain and integrate more deeply with the world’s most advanced markets
OPINION | India at an Inflection Point: Budget 2026 and the road ahead
As India sustains strong growth amid global uncertainty, the Union Budget must address trade risks, employment challenges, and MSME modernisation to secure long-term resilience and progress towards developed-nation status
OPINION | Five fiscal reforms for Budget 2026-27
We need to revert to a fiscal rule anchored on deficit reduction to provide clarity to the market and also create space to use public investment as a growth enabler which, among other things, will enhance debt sustainability
Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | FPI Exodus: The 2025 horror show
In Moneycontrol's Pro Panorama December 15 edition: RBI's decision to block stablecoins seems justified, Rupee weakness weighs on market sentiment, Mexico's tariff shift a wake-up call for India, a closer look at Big Tech Investments in India, and more
The four ‘O’s that shape a bubble
And what this test tells us about the artificial intelligence wave
OPINION | Revisiting the Economic Roots of Swadeshi: Legacy and misconceptions
Sanghnomics: The Swadeshi movement, rooted in early critiques by thinkers like Lokhitwadi and Ghose, was an intellectual journey, not just a 20th-century nationalist reaction. Its economic legacy continues to shape modern self-reliance initiatives
Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | The Year the Old Order Shattered
The year witnessed the deliberate dismantling of the post-Cold War order, replaced by a volatile new era of transactional power politics
Business in the Week Ahead (December 15-19, 2025)
For the upcoming week, keep an eye on manufacturing and inflation trends across regions, with several key data releases and rate decisions still to be announced
The Reading List: December 12, 2025
Our research and opinion teams have curated a selection of articles and social media gems from the world of economy, business and finance for your weekend read
OPINION | CCI’s resource allocation is lopsided. IndiGo’s crisis shows why
The competition regulator has mostly focused on network effects in the digital sector. These effects however are more potent in a sector such as aviation, which flew below the regulator’s radar
Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | The tyranny and tricks of outlooks
In Moneycontrol's Pro Panorama December 12 edition: IPO window opens but large firms dominate opportunities, private sector dominance in healthcare increasing rapidly, soaring inequality gap increasingly shapes economy, and more
The Two Indias: How soaring inequality is shaping markets, economy
New data reveal a decade of intense income and wealth concentration in India, creating a dual economy that is redefining winners and losers across consumer and asset markets
Global markets pricing in two more rate cuts from US Fed in 2026, says Julius Baer's Unmesh Kulkarni
The sharp division of views within the FOMC makes it a bit challenging to gauge the likely future course of rate decisions by the FOMC, as there are differing views among FOMC members on the future direction of rates.
Following Fed rate cut, attention moves to how the new Fed chair will navigate monetary policy
The new chair’s policy leanings, communication style and appetite for risk management will shape expectations for years to come.
OPINION | Why developments in East Asia should matter to India
The East Asian dynamic is a crucible for India’s long-term identity in world politics, whether it can actually function as a pivotal, agenda-setting actor in a fragmented, multipolar order, or is reduced to a crisis-driven hedger between blocs whose rules it did not shape
Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | Another Fed rate cut, what’s the outlook for Indian equities?
In Moneycontrol's Pro Panorama December 11 edition: AI gold rush and India’s role in it, the Netflix strategy that Indian IT can replicate, a new party may alter Bengal's voting trend, and more
