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In-depth data-driven analyses on Indian trade, agriculture, labour markets, and fiscal policy.

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1,755 Billion Dollars Short
9 min
Trade
Economy
Articles
Line up eight years of India’s merchandise trade data, at the 8-digit tariff-line level — 11,993 distinct export codes, 11,551 import codes, close to 4 million monthly…
20 Jul 2026
 
From 323 Units to a National Security Question
9 min
Electric Vehicles
Energy Policy
Articles
In the spring of 2026, as Iranian strikes and a US-led response turned the Strait of Hormuz into a genuine shipping hazard, India’s crude oil basket briefly cleared $113 a…
20 Jul 2026
 
Twenty-Five Years, One Barrel at a Time
9 min
Fuel
Energy
Articles
In mid-July 2026, Brent crude touched its highest level in nearly a month, and Indian equity markets opened lower the same morning. The proximate cause was familiar to…
20 Jul 2026
 
The Machine That Ate India’s Cash Economy
10 min
GST
Public Finance
Articles
On the morning of 1 July 2017, a tax reform that had taken seventeen years to negotiate — through three prime ministers, a constitutional amendment, and more…
20 Jul 2026
 
The Seven Years When Everyone Got Richer and No One Got More Equal
10 min
IHDS
Human Development
Articles
Between 2004-05 and 2011-12, mean household income per person in India rose from ₹11,816 a year to ₹29,402 — nominally, a two-and-a-half-fold increase. The share of…
20 Jul 2026
 
India’s Fertilizer Dependency: Geopolitical Risks, Price Shocks, and the Subsidy Burden
9 min
Trade
Fertilizer
Agriculture
Articles

This analysis on India’s structural dependence on imported fertilizers — urea, DAP, MOP, and phosphates — examining supply concentration, the 2021–22 price crisis, the…

26 Nov 2025
 
India’s Labour Market in Transition: Insights from the Periodic Labour Force Survey
11 min
PLFS
Labour Economics
Employment
Articles

This analysis examining India’s labour force participation rates, worker force participation, unemployment, and sectoral employment structure using PLFS microdata from…

2 Nov 2025
 
Food Price Inflation in India: Retail vs. Wholesale Dynamics and the Household Impact
10 min
Food Economy
Prices
Inflation
Articles

This analysis examining the structure, drivers, and household impact of food price inflation in India, focusing on cereals, pulses, edible oils, and vegetables through a…

1 Nov 2025
 
India’s Trade Story: From Persistent Deficit to Export Ambition — An Analysis of Merchandise Trade Trends
9 min
Trade
Economy
Export Policy
Articles

This analysis examining India’s merchandise trade trajectory, the structural sources of the trade deficit, India’s export composition and performance, and the policy agenda…

29 Oct 2025
 
The Edible Oil Trap: India’s Deepening Import Dependency and the Road to Self-Sufficiency
9 min
Trade
Edible Oils
Food Policy
Articles

This analysis examining India’s structural reliance on edible oil imports, the geopolitical risks of concentrated supply chains, the price transmission mechanism to Indian…

28 Oct 2025
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