Shikha Chaturvedi, Indivjal Dhasmana

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India Yet To Plug EV Gap In Race With Asian Peers
Rediff.com24 Apr 2026

India's EV ecosystem is growing, but remains too underdeveloped to cushion a major oil...

New GDP Series Reshapes India's Growth Story
Rediff.com27 Feb 2026

Base revisions are technical exercises, but history shows they can significantly...

Rupee Fall Delays India's No. 4 Dream
Rediff.com19 Jan 2026

The exchange rate of the rupee against the dollar may delay the economy's rise to...

AI Changes Who Gets Hired And Fired
Rediff.com14 Jan 2026

As AI adoption replaces routine roles, hiring is increasingly shifting toward...

Rupee Went Down 4.9% In 2025
Rediff.com10 Jan 2026

It underperformed peers amid volatile capital flows and uneven forex support.

Will The Economy Face A Bumpy Road Ahead?
Rediff.com6 Jan 2026

Real GDP growth surprised on the upside in 2025, but weaker nominal growth, trade...

Will India Miss 2030 Emission Target?
Rediff.com19 Nov 2025

New data shows India's emissions rising faster than its 2030 targets.

Jobs Dry Up as Promises Fade in Ladakh
Rediff.com9 Oct 2025

As the years passed, joblessness in the region increased.

How Many MPs Face Criminal Charges?
Rediff.com4 Sep 2025

46 per cent of MPs facing criminal charges and 31 per cent serious cases.

Floods, Drought Mark Changing Monsoon Pattern
Rediff.com27 Aug 2025

Rajasthan (73 per cent), Himachal Pradesh (67) and Delhi (60) saw the highest share of...

India@79: Rising Economy, Lingering Gaps
Rediff.com20 Aug 2025

India is set to become the world's fourth-largest economy in 2025, but slow income...

Coaching Classes Makes Rs 300 Billion A Year!
Rediff.com28 Jul 2025

The 2023-2024 figures showed that the size of the industry, excluding those having an...

How Banana Dethroned Mango
Rediff.com8 Jul 2025

The Gross Value of Output of bananas, adjusted for inflation, surpassed that of mangoes...

GST@8: Gabbar Singh Or Game-Changer?
Rediff.com8 Jul 2025

GST, net of refunds, now yields close to 20 trillion to both the Centre's and states'...

RBI Dividend To Help Govt With Defence Budget
Rediff.com7 Jun 2025

Defence expenditure was pegged at 1.4 per cent of GDP in the Budget for 2025-26 but it...

State Legislatures In Rush To Pass Bills
Rediff.com3 Jun 2025

=In 21 states, the time gap between the general Budget and ministry-specific...

SC Judges Prefer Safe Investments...
Rediff.com29 May 2025

The Supreme Court judges' filings revealed a generally conservative financial ethos,...

How Much Does Pakistan Spend On Defence?
Rediff.com22 May 2025

In 2024, Pakistan shelled out $10.2 billion in defence spends.

Pakistan's Economy On Tenterhooks
Rediff.com20 May 2025

With general government debt now approaching three-quarters of GDP, and only...

How COVID Cut India's Life Expectancy
Rediff.com19 May 2025

The drop is seen as a significant demographic indicator, reflecting the toll of the...