India must finish the capital account reforms begun in 1991India's capital controls have transformed from restrictive permissions to more refined regulations. As the nation pursues its economic aspi...
09 Jul, 2026, 11.26 PM IST
Can India's colonial-era state power an AI-driven economy?India's state structure, designed for control, faces challenges in the current dynamic technological era. Prime Minister Modi's government ...
08 Jul, 2026, 11.17 PM IST
Is India's 1991 economic model dead? Why 'reforms' aren't enough & the state must step inIndia faces economic headwinds from global events and domestic investor wariness. The traditional reform model is no longer sufficient. Str...
03 Jun, 2026, 11.33 PM IST
Will we K-Pop (desi remix)? How India can turn Tata, Adani, Reliance into global titansForeign companies are exiting India for various reasons, from business failures to global strategy shifts. India aims to build national cha...
03 Jun, 2026, 12.17 AM IST
Why Indian investors need global exposure todayWith the rupee weakening and structural pressures from oil, capital outflows and inflation differentials persisting, Indian investors face ...
31 May, 2026, 05.36 PM IST
Industrial Bong for the Buck: A blueprint for West Bengal’s evolution from an entrepot to a production hubWest Bengal’s hopes of an industrial revival face structural challenges despite strong manufacturing growth over the past decade. A NITI Aa...
28 May, 2026, 11.11 PM IST
Singh is King! Sensex surged nearly 5 times when Manmohan Singh was Prime MinisterUnder PM Manmohan Singh (2004-2014), BSE Sensex surged 398%, closing positive 8 out of 10 years. The highest returns were 81% (2009) and 47...
28 Dec, 2024, 06.46 AM IST
Southern states steal the show in GDP contributionA report by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister highlights that Southern states have significantly outpaced others in terms...
18 Sep, 2024, 08.40 AM IST
A day after Budget, Congress pays tribute to reformist Manmohan Singh who laid the 'path of monumental growth'Congress paid tribute to former PM Manmohan Singh for his role in shaping India's economy, on the anniversary of the 1991 Economic Reforms....
24 Jul, 2024, 02.32 PM IST
Kharge praises 'groundbreaking' 1991 budget, says there's pressing need for meaningful reformsCongress president Mallikarjun Kharge praised the monumental impact of the Liberalisation Budget of 1991, led by then Prime Minister P V Na...
24 Jul, 2024, 12.36 PM IST
Chidambaram takes jibe at Sitharaman over her 'half-baked' statementAccording to reports in a section of the media, the Finance Minister during a book release function said that the 1991 reforms were half-ba...
16 Sep, 2022, 05.50 PM IST
On this day in 1991: A landmark budget that changed India's fortunesAfter decades of growing at a meagre 3.5% per year, India took a few decisions that forever changed the lives of Indians as the country emb...
24 Jul, 2022, 05.51 PM IST
The defining changes in Indian politics in 30 years of reformsNarendra Modi ascended to the national stage through Vibrant Gujarat summits which no CM could have facilitated with the pre-1991 curbs on ...
26 Jul, 2021, 10.15 AM IST
View: India doesn’t need a paradigm shift of the 1991 reforms, but sector-specific reformsThe management of the external sector is a success story of liberalisation. Except for one or two years like 2008 and 2013 when there was a...
11 Jul, 2021, 10.50 PM IST
'Bofors prevented Rajiv Gandhi from taking up liberalisation'Moreover, had Rajiv lived longer, the possibility of the rollout of economic reforms was bleak as the Congress would not have wanted it.
12 Oct, 2016, 07.08 PM IST
Jairam Ramesh's book on 1991 economic liberalisation to hit the standsA book by former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh on the ushering in of the economic liberalisation in 1991, will be released here on August 30.
24 Aug, 2015, 02.50 PM IST
- India ranks 77th in Economic Freedom Index: Report
India fared better among the BRIC countries where China was ranked at 93, Brazil (96) and Russia (101). IFRS: Are Indian banks ready? | Foc...
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