When the Finance Minister rose in Parliament to present the Union Budget, the macro story was familiar: fiscal discipline, capital expenditure, manufacturing, and growth amid global uncertainty. But for the North-East — a region long treated as a footnote in national economic imagination — the real question was simpler and sharper: does this budget finally…
The proposed India–European Union Free Trade Agreement is forcing India to confront an uncomfortable reality. Europe is no longer a market that merely buys products. It buys proof. Proof of compliance. Proof of science. Proof of systems. For North East India, this trade moment is not about tariffs or access. It is about relevance. The…
As India moves towards an ambitious target of registering 10,000 Geographical Indication (GI) products by 2030, the role of North East India is becoming increasingly important. Against this backdrop, GI Mahotsav 2026, scheduled from January 15 to 18, 2026, at Arya Vidyapeeth College, Guwahati, assumes special significance. The four-day event comes at a time when…
When India rolled out GST 2.0 on September 22, 2025, it did not arrive with the drama of a Union Budget or the spectacle of a stimulus announcement. There were no headline-grabbing giveaways, no massive fiscal outlays. Yet, beneath the surface, GST 2.0 represents one of the most consequential structural resets in India’s economic policy…
A Roadmap to a $10 Billion Orange Economy (2025–2035) The global creative economy—popularly known as the orange economy—has emerged as a powerful engine of growth, contributing USD 2.3 trillion annually and employing over 30 million people worldwide. Creativity is no longer a luxury.It is a global currency, shaping identities, tourism, innovation, and soft power. For…
With the world’s first bamboo-fed bioethanol refinery set to be commissioned in Assam, India’s North East is poised to redefine global sustainability narratives and lead a new wave of bamboo-based industrial innovation. Assam Steps Onto the Global Map Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the world’s first bamboo-fed bioethanol refinery at Numaligarh, Assam on 14th…
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