A country that depends heavily on imported chips cannot build a $5 trillion economy without strengthening its own semiconductor ecosystem. NITI Aayog’s new roadmap makes that argument clearly, and with unusual urgency. Data at a glance The import dependence challenge Every time an Indian smartphone powers on, a 5G tower begins operating, or an electric…
NASSCOM’s 2026 Strategic Review signals a structural turning point. Indian technology is no longer merely exporting manpower or billing hours. It is building platforms, embedding AI into enterprise systems, and emerging as one of the world’s most consequential digital economies. For Northeast India, the implications are profound — and the window to participate may be…
The Northeast Renaissance Series Ideas for a ₹67,000 Crore Indian Market and a Multi-Billion Dollar Global Future For decades, Northeast India has lived with a paradox. The region is among India’s richest ecological landscapes, blessed with bamboo forests, medicinal plants, aromatic resources, spices, silk traditions, horticultural wealth, biodiversity, and cultural knowledge systems that much of…
Beyond GDP, Growth and the Government Job Dream India today stands at a fascinating economic crossroads. On one hand, the country is celebrated as one of the world’s fastest-growing major economies. Growth projections remain robust. Policymakers speak of trillion-dollar ambitions, investment summits dominate headlines, airports rise, highways expand, and digital infrastructure deepens across the country….
Rethinking Tea Beyond Production, Towards Value, Identity and the Future Economy. For Assam, tea is not merely an agricultural commodity. It is memory, geography, labour, identity, economy and emotion woven into everyday life. From the misty mornings of Upper Assam to roadside tea stalls in small towns and cities, tea has shaped not only the…
The world is quietly walking away from the economic assumptions that shaped the post-Cold War era. For decades, globalization was projected as an unstoppable force — a system where goods, capital, and manufacturing would flow seamlessly across borders in pursuit of maximum efficiency and lower costs. Nations opened their markets, industries stretched their supply chains…
For nearly two years, the world has been flooded with a singular narrative. Artificial Intelligence is replacing humans. From Silicon Valley boardrooms to Indian startup ecosystems, from multinational consulting firms to media headlines, AI has increasingly been projected as the inevitable force reshaping employment, productivity and the future of civilization itself. But suddenly, an uncomfortable…
The Reserve Bank of India’s decision to conduct a US$5 billion dollar-rupee swap auction is not merely a technical liquidity exercise. It reflects a deeper global economic reality in which central banks are increasingly managing currency pressures, capital flows, inflation risks, and geopolitical uncertainty through sophisticated financial tools. As the Indian rupee faces sustained pressure…
India is urbanising at a pace few nations in modern history have experienced. Every day, thousands continue moving toward cities in search of opportunity, education, healthcare, employment, connectivity, and economic mobility. Metropolitan regions are expanding beyond their historical boundaries. Highways are transforming into urban corridors. Smaller towns are evolving into emerging economic clusters. But beneath…
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