True Test of a Strong Economy is its Resilience to Global Chaos
Successive governments have tried to reassure that the rupee's weakness is not a cause for alarm. Many economists argue that a cheaper currency is actually beneficial. The truth lies somewhere beyond these familiar talking points
Capital Flight, Manufacturing Miss and Rupee's Great Fall: The Fault Lines in India's Growth Story
For import-dependent India, a falling rupee can weaken the economy from within through rising input costs that slow output growth and investment cycles
All That Indian Exporters Ask for is a Stable Rupee, Says Former RBI Deputy Governor Michael Patra
Michael Patra, former deputy governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), talks to Parth Singh about the impact of weaker rupee on India’s exports in an email interview
JP Morgan's Sajjid Chinoy: Weaker Rupee Makes Imports Costlier
Sajjid Chinoy, MD and chief India economist, JP Morgan, tells Parth Singh over email that a weak rupee makes imports costlier and domestic substitutes competitive
Sunitha Raju: India Needs High-Value Exports to Build a Resilient Rupee
Sunitha Raju says the need to pursue the structural shift towards high-complexity exports has been amply underlined, but remains largely unrealised
Nandy and Sur on Why RBI Must Defend the Rupee Against All Odds
Amarendu Nandy and Abhisek Sur on how the rupee’s fall should be read less as an export opportunity than as a stress test of India’s production structure
Can BRICS Survive Geopolitical Rifts, Rivalries Among Member Countries?
Geopolitical turbulences like the Iran war and internal rifts between the member nations are charting out an uncertain future for BRICS as a multilateral forum
Snabbit Founder on Giving Gig Workers Higher Income, Assured Earnings and Dignity
Snabbit founder and chief executive Aayush Agarwal tells Shashank Bhat how a personal pain point and a large offline market opportunity led to the creation of the company’s on-demand home services platform
Zero IT, Premium Pricing, Falling Rupee: Can WeWork India Churn Out Cash?
WeWork India has survived a collapsing parent, a credit crisis, a pandemic and a bruising IPO. Now the markets are asking a harder question: can it actually make money?
How India's Govt is Arming Deep-Tech Start-Ups in the Global Quantum Race
India has placed early bets in the quantum technology space, but global powers like China and the US have a solid head start. Is National Quantum Mission enough to turn India into a computing superpower?
Why India’s Crude Oil Import Dependence Continues to Rise
India has not only failed to produce more crude oil from domestic sources, but has also become more and more dependent on crude imports
How Rising Heat Is Worsening Regional Inequality in India
Rising temperatures could hurt the economy far more than earlier estimates. A 1°C annual rise in temperature variation may reduce India’s economic growth by 3.89 percentage points on average
Inside BonV Aero: This Odisha Start-Up is Carrying the Army's Burden in the Himalayas
Odisha-based heavy-lift drone start-up BonV Aero addresses a critical logistical challenge faced by soldiers stationed in India's remote hilly and inaccessible regions