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    Prasanna Mohanty
    About the AuthorPrasanna Mohanty
    Prasanna Mohanty is the Business Editor of The Federal.
      A contract was signed with the HAL for 97 Tejas aircraft
      India

      Mystery deepens over India’s rush to buy untested Tejas jets

      29 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Brain drain
      Business

      What India can learn from China to retain talent or reverse brain drain

      26 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
      How Centre flouted GST law, diverted ₹3.1 lakh crore meant for states
      The Federal Focus

      How Centre flouted GST law, diverted ₹3.1 lakh crore meant for states

      25 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
      How China secured its place as global manufacturing and exports hub
      Analysis

      How China secured its place as global manufacturing and exports hub

      23 Sept 2025 4:34 PM IST
      What Make in India should quickly learn from Made in China
      Analysis

      What Make in India should quickly learn from Made in China

      23 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Trump imposes 25% tariff on India
      Business

      Thanks, but no thanks. India doesn’t really need US soybean, corn or milk

      22 Sept 2025 12:36 PM IST
      Silicon dreams, red-tape reality: India’s chip push hits policy hurdles
      Business

      Silicon dreams, red-tape reality: India’s chip push hits policy hurdles

      17 Sept 2025 3:11 PM IST
      Data manipulation - GDP, Finance Ministry, RBi
      Business

      India’s GDP puzzle: Robust growth defies its own key indicators

      15 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
      factory workers in india
      Business

      While GDP is booming, manufacturing jobs are falling; what went wrong?

      12 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Road repair - GST is repair in progress
      Analysis

      From 2017 rollout to latest rejig, GST remains repair-in-progress

      10 Sept 2025 6:38 PM IST
      Nirmala Sitharaman
      The Federal Focus

      How Centre has bullied states over GST compensation over the years

      8 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
      GST 2.0
      Business

      Will the GST rejig revive consumption and boost growth?

      6 Sept 2025 6:23 AM IST
      India textile garment apparel fabric export
      Business

      How India stifles textile and apparel sector with GST and Customs Duty

      3 Sept 2025 8:34 PM IST
      Will GST rejig rewrite history, spur consumption and growth?
      Business

      Will GST rejig rewrite history, spur consumption and growth?

      2 Sept 2025 11:18 AM IST
      Karnataka Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda (third from left in front row) with others during a meeting on the consultation on GST rate rationalisation, at Karnataka Bhawan, in New Delhi, on August 29, 2025. (@siddaramaiah/X via PTI Photo)
      The Federal Focus

      GST rates rejig: Why states have a strong case for compensation

      31 Aug 2025 6:30 AM IST
      India is up against a diplomatic and economic challenge while dealing with the USs steep tariffs imposed for buying crude oil from Russia.
      Business

      Indian economy prepares for long haul as Trump tariff strikes home

      30 Aug 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Why is industrial output immune to capex push, tax cut and cash handouts?
      Business

      Why 'Swadeshi' chest-thumping falls flat against production numbers

      29 Aug 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Pall of gloom descends on India as Trump penalty inches in
      Business

      Pall of gloom descends on India as Trump penalty inches in

      26 Aug 2025 8:33 PM IST
      Trumps tariff deadline
      Business

      Last-minute miracle may be sole saviour as Trump penalty looms closer

      26 Aug 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Trump tariffs on India Russia ties
      Business

      Who is Peter Navarro? Why is he angry with India, and rest of the world?

      24 Aug 2025 3:20 PM IST
      GST reforms
      Business

      GST rejig: These household items likely to get cheaper

      24 Aug 2025 6:20 AM IST
      Indias tax overhaul direct tax reforms, indirect tax changes yield limited gains
      Business

      Centre’s indirect tax reforms yielded limited gains, did little to boost growth

      22 Aug 2025 3:05 PM IST
      GST reforms
      Business

      GST, tax reforms under Modi that could barely scratch the surface

      21 Aug 2025 10:42 PM IST
      GST revision
      The Federal Focus

      Downward GST revisions spark further revenue-cut fears in states

      21 Aug 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Tax stock photo
      Business

      Four ways in which recent restructuring has altered tax dynamics

      19 Aug 2025 5:56 PM IST
      GST
      Business

      Proposed GST reforms aren’t next-gen but design flaws introduced in 2017

      17 Aug 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Trump imposes 25% tariff on India
      Business

      Trump tariff: Domestic market on edge but no disruption just yet

      14 Aug 2025 6:00 PM IST
      Trump tariff hits job-intensive sectors hard, spares capital-and-tech intensive ones
      Business

      Trump tariff crushes job-intensive sectors, spares those heavy on capital, tech

      13 Aug 2025 7:19 PM IST
      Trump tariffs, Protest
      Business

      Indian govt and exporters on a wing and a prayer as Trump’s tariff bites

      10 Aug 2025 6:30 AM IST
      US President Donald Trump
      Business

      Why India escaped Trump’s wrath on its defence ties with Russia

      9 Aug 2025 6:12 PM IST
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