Why the banking liquidity crunch will continue
India's banking system liquidity has dropped sharply, driven by massive foreign exchange interventions that have overshadowed the RBI's liquidity-boosting measures
The new Labour Codes do not create flexibility — They just make it legal
India’s new labour codes formalize a flexibility that already existed, promising broader social protection in return
Putin's Delhi Visit: How a fighter jet deal could redraw geopolitical lines
President Putin's visit to India marks a strategic turning point, with a landmark technology transfer deal that strengthens India's hand against China and the West
Can climate commitment rise from the ashes of COP30 fire?
India and other developing nations may breathe easy for now, but deeper climate conflicts need to be addressed
Should you expect a new payslip and a new roster? What the new labour codes mean for employees
New labour codes are in force. Basic pay must be 50% of CTC, PF/gratuity rise, take-home may dip.
From unpaid interns to underpaid fresher: How India’s new labour codes redraw the deal for young workers
India’s labour codes effective Nov 21, 2025 guarantee minimum wage for all workers, mandatory appointment letters, and wage payment during leave. Explained.
Labour codes 2025: Beedi, cigar & plantation workers get new wages and safety benefits
The reforms are designed to protect workers’ rights, improve safety and social security, and create additional employment opportunities
India’s new labour codes reset flexible hiring: What changes for fixed-term and contract workers
India’s labour codes change flexible work: fixed-term staff gain benefit parity and quicker gratuity; contract workers get clearer protections and liability on firms.
India's labour codes–Modi’s landmark reform
Four new labour codes have replaced 29 central labour laws, bringing the legal framework for working conditions in line with contemporary standards
India’s shift toward formalisation was already underway as written contracts rose, paid leave benefits expanded
PLFS 2023–24 shows steady gains in written contracts and paid leave, even as social-security coverage remained uneven
New labour code mandates salary disbursement by 7th of every month for IT employees
Also, the labour code asks IT/ITes companies to facilitate for women to work night shifts in all establishments, therefore, opportunity for women to earn higher wages.
CAG audit reveals what's broken in Delhi's bus services – and how to fix it
A decade-long audit of Delhi Transport Corporation exposes how India's city bus services collapsed from 7,000 buses to half that fleet, accumulated Rs 60,750 crore in losses, and what other metros can learn from this cautionary tale
India's Data Protection Rules: Long-awaited notification falls short on citizen safeguards
Two years after Parliament passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, the government has finally notified its rules—but the notification reveals a framework too weak, too delayed, and too flawed to meaningfully protect citizens' privacy
Bihar's landslide verdict cements bullish case for India's political economy
Bihar's decisive verdict proves that targeted welfare and infrastructure spending build durable political coalitions while generating the consumption demand and policy stability that investors prize
How India can retain its healthcare workers
India sends one of the highest amount of doctors and nurses abroad, but is woefully short of healthcare professionals domestically
Karnataka IT Policy: Up to Rs 50 crore in R&D reimbursements, biggest state-level incentive in India
Policy also encourages firms to shift from service-led models to product-centric innovation and early-stage prototyping to scalable technology development.
Karnataka's new IT policy eyes 90 lakh jobs by 2030, proposes return programme for overseas talent
The 2025-2030 IT policy also proposes ‘Technoverse’ technology campuses, a ‘Women in Global Tech Missions Fellowship’, and a unified digital network across innovation hubs.
No country for working women
A data-driven analysis revealing why India's marginally improving female unemployment rate masks a deeper crisis of scarce, precarious, and often unpaid work for women
OPINION | RSSFACTS: ‘Vande Mataram’ at 150: A prayer to the motherland; not a call to idolatry
RSSFACTS: It’s the song of the nation’s soul that inspires everyone. When the tendency to fragment the society on the parochial bases of caste, language, geography is on the rise, Vande Mataram is a thread that can bind us together
OPINION | Pakistan’s Taliban miscalculation
The Pakistani State believed that its proxy, once in power, would remain subservient. However, the Taliban’s takeover in 2021 transformed an insurgency in need of sanctuary to a ruling administration providing it
Rate cut relief or more confusion: What the Fed’s move means for India’s markets
Domestic conditions support another rate cut by the RBI. For markets to wear a bigger smile, however, much depends on this one source of funds delivering the goods
Jay Powell thinks rates don’t have far to fall
Lopsided IIP Growth: Five sectors drive gains, half of manufacturing languishes
September's industrial production data reveals a troubling paradox: while consumer durables and automobiles surge on festive demand, the broader manufacturing base is shrinking, with staples contracting and robust growth concentrated in just five of 23 sectors
Will Trump's sanctions on Russian oil trigger inflation?
A surge in non-Russian oil sources could result in a spike in oil prices, is the fear. But a look at the physical and financial market points to enough reasons why that may not happen
CRZ Reforms — Walking the fine line between growth and green
The Rajiv Gauba panel’s proposal to relax buffer norms may unlock coastal growth, but only strong safeguards can keep India’s fragile shorelines safe
