Anil Padmanabhan

Stories by the author

• India-UAE energy agreement: This Emirati strategy has power

  
  21 May 2026 11:49 PM IST
• India must leverage its digital verification architecture to evolve into a trust-based economy

  
  07 May 2026 11:36 PM IST
• What Census 2027 will reveal about the country we’ve become

  
  01 Apr 2026 11:01 PM IST
• Budget 2026: The salaried class is reshaping the economy & expects GoI to focus on its demands

  
  28 Jan 2026 11:17 PM IST
• Two policies can catalyse India’s shift from welfare to livelihood creation

  
  25 Dec 2025 11:21 PM IST
• With inflation easing, GST cuts and rising asset values, India's witnessing a quiet wealth revolution

  
  29 Oct 2025 11:16 PM IST
• View: DBTs are redefining women’s empowerment and welfare, now its time to test it in fertiliser subsidies

  
  01 Oct 2025 11:07 PM IST
• The makeover announced by GST Council is welcome, but a cup half-full with red tape still fluttering

  
  04 Sep 2025 11:04 PM IST
• Unfair Trade, Unready India: Navigating a global market

  
  08 Aug 2025 11:12 PM IST
• With decadal dipping birth rates and rising longevity, will India grow old before it can grow rich?

  
  10 Jul 2025 11:04 PM IST
• Operation Sindoor: How homegrown deftech mount a near-impregnable air defence

  
  18 May 2025 11:04 PM IST
• India should treat ‘Liberation Day’ for US trade as means to free its own domestic economy

  
  01 Apr 2025 10:49 PM IST
• Has aspirational vs anxiety politics slowed down GoI in the rollout of economic reforms?

  
  26 Mar 2025 10:59 PM IST
• Trump tariffs, surging demand and fears of a US monetary reset are spooking the gold market

  
  22 Feb 2025 12:44 AM IST
• Don't let the tail wag the dog: What Budget 2025 can do about India's growing tax overreach

  
  29 Jan 2025 10:56 PM IST
• Public face-offs on GST decisions point to flaws in the tax’s architecture and implementation

  
  25 Dec 2024 10:52 PM IST
• Elon Musk: The X-factor in India-US relations

  
  18 Nov 2024 11:09 PM IST
• Clearly, cleaning India is working

  
  11 Oct 2024 10:29 PM IST
• Frictionless credit, next big bet

  
  01 Sep 2024 10:51 PM IST
• View: Sebi's measures to curtail speculative trading in the index derivatives segment

  
  07 Aug 2024 10:57 PM IST
• Will it be a 'Congress' budget, GoI?

  
  07 Jul 2024 11:22 PM IST
• XX chromosome factor: Women voters could rewrite India's polity

  
  5 mins read27 May 2024
• Supreme Court reverses ban on power lines in GIB habitat, emphasizes climate change impact

  
  6 mins read21 Apr 2024
• India's new EV policy: Accelerating at the right time

  
  6 mins read20 Mar 2024
• Commandeering heights: Shift from disinvestment to enhancing PSU value is smart economics and nifty politics

  
  5 mins read11 Feb 2024
• Trickling down, finally: India is dramatically increasing stakeholders, rewriting all rules of engagement

  
  6 mins read4 Jan 2024
• Indian economy charting a new growth path

  
  5 mins read20 Dec 2023
• View: Precious, tricky spots

  
  6 mins read28 Nov 2023
• View: How to overcome challenges posed to global economy amidst rising geopolitical risks & climate change

  
  5 mins read19 Oct 2023
• Can OCEN be a game-changer for Indian MSME?

  
  26 Sep 2023 10:59 PM IST
• How India is fixing legacy issues to force a fundamental reset of economy

  
  5 mins read8 Sep 2023
• India is no longer an abjectly poor nation. But it faces an equally compelling challenge: inequality

  
  6 mins read31 Jul 2023
• Millionaire exodus: Don’t fret, the India story is intact

  
  6 mins read23 Jun 2023
• Karnataka: How gas knocked out BJP

  
  6 mins read17 May 2023
• The world is facing a new global threat matrix

  
  6 mins read25 Apr 2023
• How India is getting ready for a record high in services exports

  
  6 mins read26 Mar 2023
• Budget: The middle class now has the freedom to choose how and where they save, invest their money

  
  6 mins read3 Mar 2023
• Will FM dole out goodies or opt for a foundational budget on February 1?

  
  25 Jan 2023 11:04 PM IST
• Greening India while growing India: Creating fresh capacities in green energy

  
  6 mins read1 Jan 2023
• India's space exploration sector will potentially hit $13 billion by 2025, making it ripe for startups

  
  6 mins read12 Dec 2022
• UNDP's latest report on poverty highlights India's great leap upward

  
  6 mins read28 Oct 2022
• Beyond Bollywood & Yoga: DPGs, India’s new soft power, about to be on show

  
  6 mins read5 Oct 2022
• View: National Language Translation Mission’s Bhashini will accelerate internet access for all Indians

  
  6 mins read24 Jul 2022
• Five years of GST: How Centre-state bickering on the tax’s pickings can be resolved

  
  6 mins read30 Jun 2022
• Retail's WhatsApp moment: Indian ecommerce on the cusp of a great disruption

  
  6 mins read5 May 2022
• A new rule will now show how serious companies are about walking their social responsibility talk

  
  6 mins read13 Apr 2022
• View: How newly empowered 'labharthis' are emerging as powerful vote banks

  
  6 mins read17 Mar 2022
• View: Weaponising government spending

  
  6 mins read22 Feb 2022