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PPP Gets A Leg Up, Rs 86,000-Crore Projects Approved Since January
NEW DELHI: Public private partnership (PPP) projects are making a strong comeback as the government looks to rope in private investors to sustain the investment momentum in the economy. So far in 2025, the Centre has approved PPP projects worth Rs 86,000 crore across a wide spectrum of sectors,...
More Renewable Energy Projects Cross PPA Hurdle
NEW DELHI: The backlog of renewable energy (RE) projects that lack power purchase agreements (PPA) has declined sharply to 30 giga watt (GW) now, compared with around 40 GW in April, official sources said. A number of RE projects have signed the PPAs over the last few weeks, under...
India Ramps Up Oil Imports From Russia, US In June
India has ramped up purchases of Russian oil in June, importing more than the combined volumes from Middle Eastern suppliers such as Saudi Arabia and Iraq, amid market volatility triggered by Israel’s dramatic attack on Iran. The US military struck three sites in Iran early Sunday, directly joining Israel...
RBI-Led Initiative To Curb Digital Frauds Gains Momentum, Banks Roped In To Set Up DPIP
NEW DELHI: In a bid to rein in the increasing incidence of digital payment frauds, major public and private sector banks have been roped to develop Digital Payment Intelligence Platform (DPIP) as a Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) under the supervision and guidance of the RBI. The proposed platform seeks...
IFFCO To Set Up First Overseas Nano Fertiliser Plant In Brazil
NEW DELHI: Four years after the launch of nano urea in the country, Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative IFFCO is setting up its first plant abroad for manufacturing nano-soil nutrients in Brazil. The plant will be set up under a 7:3 joint venture between IFFCO subsidiary IFFCO Nanoventions, and Brazilian...
Well-Curated Myth Of Modi’s Friendship With Trump Explodes Like A Cluster Bomb
By K Raveendran Last week shattered any lingering illusions about the supposedly robust camaraderie between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former U.S. President Donald Trump—a relationship that had been paraded for years as emblematic of India’s rise on the global stage. The myth of a strategic friendship, carefully choreographed...
Start-Up India Projects Hit By Funding Slowdown In Recent Years
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Though India has emerged as an important start-up hub of the world, its ecosystem density is below potential, and is now facing a funding slowdown compared to other global hubs that became sharper in 2023. Funding slowed down by 65 per cent for the country...
ED Enjoying Political Patronage Treats Itself As Above Law And Bar
By Arun Srivastava The Enforcement Directorate ultimately has to for the time being abandon its nefarious conspiracy to resort to character assassination of the two senior advocates of the Supreme Court Pratap Venugopal and Arvind Datar, with the Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association (SCAORA) writing to the Chief...
Latest Upsurge In Military Expenditure All Over The World Is An Ominous Sign
By Prabhat Patnaik There is an upsurge in military expenditure all over the world which is spearheaded by the upsurge in Europe. Of course there are different estimates of military expenditure, depending on what one includes under this heading. We shall, in what follows, take the estimates of the...
Trump’s Unilateral Tariff Rates Have Put Hold Many Investment Projects
By Kunal Bose Leading economist and professor emeritus at Jawaharlal Nehru University Prabhat Patnaik has likened the weaponization of tariffs by the US President Donald Trump to beggar-thy-neighbour policy for naked aggrandisement of his country’s business and commerce. Rarely used by major countries, the policy is tantamount to building...
RBI Governor Expects Rate Cut Front-Loading To Support Growth
MUMBAI: RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said front-loading of monetary policy rate action would give a clear signal and some certainty to the economic agents that the central bank is supportive of growth amid global tensions, MPC meeting minutes released on Friday said. On June 6, the RBI governor-headed six-member...
Exporters Avails Benefits Of Free Trade Pacts With Australia, UAE
NEW DELHI: Issuance of preferential certificates of origin — a document enabling exporters to claim tariff benefits under free trade pacts — has risen significantly for Australia and the UAE in 2024-25, indicating increased advantage of such agreements for domestic exporters. The number of preferential certificates of origin issued...
Freight Corridors Bet Big On Rising Traffic Volumes
NEW DELHI: With the dedicated freight corridor project nearing completion, managing director of Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) Praveen Kumar said that the focus has now shifted from construction of the corridor to its maintenance. “This is a moment of transition where we go from building tracks...
Core Sector Growth Drops To A Nine-Month Low Of 0.7 Per Cent In May
NEW DELHI: India’s combined index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) increased by 0.7 per cent (provisional) in May 2025 as compared to the Index in May, 2024, data released by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry showed on Friday. This marks the slowest growth in nine months, following a...
Direct Tax Collections Rise 4.9%; Advance Tax Up 3.9% In FY26 So Far
NEW DELHI: India’s gross direct tax collection for the financial year 2025-26 rose by 4.86% to Rs 5.45 lakh crore as of June 19, according to the latest figures released by the government. However, net collections saw a marginal decline due to a sharp spike in refunds. The total...
China-Russia Joint Intervention Delays Trump’s Decision To Join War Against Iran
By Nitya Chakraborty The Israel-Iran war which entered its eighth day on Friday June 20 witnessed some major developments in the last 24 hours frustrating Tel Aviv’s desperate bid to speedily finish off its task of destroying Iran, especially Teheran. Chinese President Xi Jinping talked to Russian President Vladimir...
Israel-Iran War Will Have No Major Impact On Indian Economy In Short Term
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik Tensions between Iran and Israel have long simmered beneath the surface of Middle Eastern geopolitics, but recent escalations have reignited fears of a broader regional war. At the heart of the economic fallout is the energy market. Iran, a major oil producer and a member...
The Big Mystery Around Trump’s Luncheon Meeting With Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: The Talk of the Town. Much chest thumping in Pakistan. Lots of analysis and hypotheses in Indian publications. The subject matter is of course the much-hyped Trump’s invite to Field Marshal Asim Munir, who is licking his wounds after the operation Sindoor, (GOK...
