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Editor, Trade Corridors
Priya Nair explores India's international trade corridors and maritime logistics. Her work highlights the connectivity between Indian manufacturing hubs and global supply chains.
priya.nair@indiaeconomicpost.comIndia's economy shows a K-shaped divergence: high-end technology and innovation sectors are advancing rapidly, while ordinary households face the dual pressures of inflation, debt, and declining consumer confidence. The article analyzes the structural contradictions behind these two major signals and proposes directions for policy adjustment.
Amid rising global anti-immigrant sentiment, the Indian government is accelerating the signing of labor mobility agreements and exporting large numbers of young workers. This strategy reflects the pressure in India's domestic job market and its dependence on remittances, while also exposing deeper structural issues stemming from insufficient industrial upgrading.
Adani Group executive Karan Adani pointed out that India is expected to become a net exporter of aluminum under competitive production conditions. Currently, strong domestic demand and import dependence reflect market space, and industrial upgrading and capacity expansion will reshape the global aluminum trade landscape.
The Indian government is brewing the biggest reform of the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) system since the SEZ Act of 2005, in order to adapt to the new landscape of manufacturing upgrading, global supply chain restructuring, and changing trade rules.
Although India's total FDI inflow reached a record high of $94.5 billion, net FDI plummeted from $28 billion to $1 billion. This article provides an in-depth analysis of the impact of capital repatriation and investor exit on India's economic structure, as well as the long-term risks of the absence of manufacturing-led FDI.
PwC's mid-year M&A outlook reveals Asia-Pacific is the only region expected to see industrial deal volumes rise in 2026, with India and Southeast Asia as key beneficiaries of supply chain diversification.
The rise in US core PCE inflation exceeded expectations, strengthening the Fed's hawkish stance, which has profound impacts on India's capital flows, rupee exchange rate, central bank policy, and economic growth path.
Malaysia's net FDI grew by 41% in 2025, but manufacturing FDI plunged over 70% while services FDI surged. This structural shift reflects the global value chain's migration from traditional manufacturing to digital infrastructure. India should learn from this experience to balance manufacturing and services FDI and avoid premature deindustrialization.
India's clean energy transition enters a new phase, with industrial emissions becoming a key challenge. As global carbon border adjustment mechanisms emerge, Indian manufacturing enterprises face pressure from green competition, while policies and technologies are driving the decarbonization of industrial supply chains.
Analyze NMDC's acceleration of digitalization and sustainable mining to support the 100 MTPA vision, and explore its implications for India's manufacturing upgrade, resource security, and global supply chain adjustments.
Kotak report proposes that India needs a "new independence movement" to reduce dependence on foreign capital, defense, energy, and technology. This article provides an in-depth analysis of the economic structural changes, manufacturing upgrade pressures, energy transition opportunities, and the impact of global supply chain restructuring behind this strategy.
Monarch Surveyors secures a bridge contract with 17.4 crore rupees in World Bank funding, revealing trends in India's rural infrastructure investment, foreign participation, and the growth of the engineering consulting industry.
Analyzing the severe tests facing the Indian economy in Modi's third term: foreign capital sell-off, reform stagnation, AI threats and structural challenges, and the impact of these factors on the long-term growth narrative.
Reuters data shows that India's economy grew 7.8% year-on-year in January–March, above market expectations. On the surface, this is a strong growth figure; but structurally, it looks more like growth supported by private investment, agriculture, and construction activity. Uneven recovery on the consumption side and rising external risks suggest that India's growth model is transitioning from "demand-driven" growth toward a reappraisal of "investment and supply capacity."
PitchBook analysts point out that the global defense tech sector is becoming a focus of M&A attention. For India, this not only means that military innovation is being repriced by the capital markets, but also reflects how the domestic defense industry, amid policy support, technology spillover, and supply chain restructuring, is moving from “project-driven” to “platform-driven.”