India’s energy story has always been shaped by one difficult reality: the country consumes far more energy than it produces. Despite being one of the world’s fastest-growing major economies, India still relies heavily on imports for oil, gas, fertilisers, and several industrial feedstocks. Every global crisis — whether the Russia-Ukraine war, disruptions in the Red […]
After inflation averaged around 2% in 2025-26, or half of the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) 4% target, consumer price inflation is now steadily inching upward. Retail inflation rose to 3.48% in April 2026, the highest level in 13 months, while food inflation climbed to 4.01%, signalling that price pressures are broadening across categories. The […]
Over the past five years, the global economy has been battered by an extraordinary sequence of shocks – pandemic disruptions, inflation surges, aggressive monetary tightening, tariff tensions, and now the Middle East conflict. Yet amid this turbulence, India has emerged as one of the most resilient major economies. This resilience is neither accidental nor temporary; […]