Marco Rubio’s speech at the Munich Security Conference signals the end of “easy globalization,” where geopolitics, security, and alliances now shape global trade. For Indian businesses, success will depend on trust, resilience, compliance, and strategic alignment, not just low cost and efficiency. What Rubio’s Munich Speech Reveals About the New Rules for Indian Business When…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised India’s economic growth forecast for the fiscal year 2025–26 to 7.3%. This is a significant upward revision from its earlier estimate of 6.6%. The rise reflects stronger-than-expected performance in recent quarters. Revised Forecast Shows Resilience In its latest World Economic Outlook report, the IMF said that India’s growth…
India’s economy has been booming: real GDP growth recently rose by 7.8% in Q1 FY 2025-26, and official figures show India’s output surpassing Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy (PIB, 2025). And is on track to become the world’s third-largest economy India is project-ed to be the world’s fastest-growing major economy (6.3% to 6.8%…
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) 2025 Staff Report on India reignited discussion about the nation’s statistical architecture. It rated India’s national accounts data a C-grade. It stated that the evaluation of national accounts has numerous deficiencies. It has drawn attention from around the world. Whereas other macroeconomic datasets obtained a general satisfactory B-grade. The grade…
Photo Credit: Antara Mrinal Clear Cut Livelihood DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Oct 21, 2025 01:53 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal The Eastern Mediterranean has hardly caught its breath, before the rattling of the Israel-Gaza flare-up is felt across global foreign policy conduit and energy markets. For a country such as India, reliant on imported energy, the message is succinct:…
Photo Credit : efta.int Clear Cut Health DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Oct 01, 2025 03:20 ISTWritten By: Janmojaya Barik When India and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) of Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein signed the Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) in March 2024, most of the spotlight focused on the large economic figures: a…
Photo Credit: Antara Mrinal Clear Cut Livelihood DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 30, 2025 02:55 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal For a long time now, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been a bellwether of global economic confidence, demonstrating how much businesses are willing to expand, innovate, and take risks across borders. Unfortunately, as detailed in the United…
