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    Prasanna Mohanty
    About the AuthorPrasanna Mohanty
    Prasanna Mohanty is the Business Editor of The Federal.
      Muharat trading Diwali 2025
      Business

      Stock markets rally as GST cuts boost sentiment ahead of muhurat trading

      20 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Bihar school girls in Patna. Bihars education allocation is among the highest in India.
      Elections 2025

      Bihar’s fiscal fragility deepens as own-revenue continues to remain low

      19 Oct 2025 9:25 AM IST
      Bihar poor woman in Patna
      Bihar

      Bihar still trapped in BIMARU shadow with fragile economy, abject poverty

      17 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Indian exports to US
      Business

      Trump's tariffs bite India, exports to US fell by 12 pc in September

      16 Oct 2025 2:10 PM IST
      labour laws
      Analysis

      Shram Shakti Niti 2025 : Draft labour policy steps back to Manusmiriti

      10 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Ultra rich
      Business

      India’s ultra-rich make it to rich lists, but go missing from income-tax data

      9 Oct 2025 6:58 PM IST
      Is proposed GST revision torpedoing sales of goods taxed at 28 per cent?
      The Federal Focus

      Ambiguities continue to plague ‘new, improved’ GST, too

      8 Oct 2025 6:20 AM IST
      Hurun India Rich List 2025 reveals what’s wrong with India’s growth model
      Analysis

      Hurun India Rich List 2025 reveals what’s wrong with India’s growth model

      5 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
      RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra
      Business

      Is RBI being overly optimistic in projecting 6.8 pc growth for FY26?

      1 Oct 2025 8:09 PM IST
      nuclear power plant
      India

      India’s nuclear energy push: Will it be high on promises but low in delivery?

      1 Oct 2025 4:10 PM IST
      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
      Chinas economy
      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
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