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    Prasanna Mohanty
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    Prasanna Mohanty is the Business Editor of The Federal.
      The Russian crude supply to India
      Business

      After November surge, India’s Russian oil imports set to ease but persist

      3 Dec 2025 6:30 AM IST
      India witnessed a slowdown in industrial growth in October.
      Business

      Industrial growth slows to 0.4 pc in October, raising doubts about GDP numbers

      1 Dec 2025 8:24 PM IST
      IMF< India growth rate projections, world economic outlook
      Business

      Why IMF says India must fix its data, industry strategy and human capital

      1 Dec 2025 6:20 AM IST
      GDP growth
      India

      8.2% growth puzzle: What the data misses about ground reality

      29 Nov 2025 10:25 AM IST
      Rare earth mineral - stock photo
      Business

      India’s race for Rare Earths: PLI, mining push, and a long road to tech independence

      29 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
      industrial production
      Business

      Will Q2 growth cross 7 pc, reverse downward GDP swing? Key indicators say otherwise

      27 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Will Britain finally tax the wealthy? Historic if it does, predictable if it doesn’t
      Business

      Will Britain finally tax the wealthy? Historic if it does, predictable if it doesn’t

      26 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Why India’s super-rich pay less tax and get away with it
      Business

      Why India’s super-rich pay less tax and get away with it

      25 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
      gig workers
      Business

      Will new labour codes bring transformative changes? Answer is not clear yet

      22 Nov 2025 7:47 PM IST
      Indian employees stock photo
      Business

      Centre pushes for 12-hour work as tycoons call for 70-90 hour workweeks

      22 Nov 2025 10:43 AM IST
      Narayana Murthy
      Business

      China abandoned 9-9-6 after workers' exhaustion: Should India emulate it?

      21 Nov 2025 6:20 AM IST
      16th Finance Commission submits report to President Murmu
      The Federal Focus

      States wary as 16th Finance Commission report heads to Parliament

      18 Nov 2025 6:19 PM IST
      After witnessing a slump for nine months since November 2024, retail inflation increased to 2.07 per cent in August, driven by a rise in prices of kitchen items, recent data showed. (Representative Photo: iStock)
      Analysis

      Wages slump and low inflation hint at a slowdown despite high GDP growth

      18 Nov 2025 5:15 PM IST
      Indian exports to US
      Business

      US tariffs hit Indian exports for second month in October

      17 Nov 2025 7:02 PM IST
      Bihar assembly elections 2025
      Elections 2025

      Cash transfers and other incentives likely key to NDA's sweep in Bihar

      14 Nov 2025 7:59 PM IST
      COP30 in Brazil
      Business

      As COP30 shows, rich nations and elites still block climate progress

      12 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
      COP30 Brazil
      Business

      COP30: India’s climate mitigation pledges are all rhetoric, little substance

      10 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
      COP30 Brazil
      Business

      COP30 in Trump’s shadow: Will it move forward, backward or get stranded?

      9 Nov 2025 1:43 PM IST
      Hindu economics
      The Federal Special

      How India's constitutional order is eroding under dharma-driven policies

      5 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Bihar Assembly polls, Narendra Modi
      Elections 2025

      Bihar’s pre-poll cash push sparks concerns over voter sway, ECI neutrality

      4 Nov 2025 7:42 PM IST
      Donald Trump tariff
      World

      With US Supreme Court set to hear Trump tariffs, world hopes for a miracle

      4 Nov 2025 6:46 PM IST
      How Indias dharma-ordained caste system has killed its prosperity
      The Federal Special

      How a 'dharma-ordained' caste system has killed India's prosperity

      4 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
      How Shram Shakti weakens workers, shields Centre from constitutional duties
      The Federal Special

      How Shram Shakti weakens workers, shields Centre from constitutional duties

      3 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Informal sector construction workers
      Business

      Higher wages and social security keys to unlocking informal sector

      2 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
      US Trumps Russian oil sanctions
      Business

      Has India made a strategic shift to US crude, inching away from Russia?

      1 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Oil and gas production
      Business

      How refining boom masks India’s falling crude and gas production

      30 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indias crude import
      The Federal Special

      Crude story: Skyrocketing import dependence, nosediving swadeshi output

      25 Oct 2025 1:23 PM IST
      RBI overestimates gain from GST cut in growth projections, risks overlooked
      Business

      GST cuts hailed as growth booster, but RBI risks ignoring warning signs

      23 Oct 2025 5:41 PM IST
      How Nitish Kumar and past regimes let Bihar down economically
      Elections 2025

      How Nitish Kumar and past regimes let Bihar down economically

      23 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
      car showroom
      Business

      1 month of GST 2.0: Consumption zooms; will economy grow?

      22 Oct 2025 9:26 AM IST
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