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Silver And Gold Hit Record Highs – Then Crashed—Why Did It Happen
2+ hour, 42+ min ago (326+ words) Jan 31, 2026 | Updated 05:41 PM GMT+5:30 Precious metals experienced one of their most dramatic reversals in over a decade on Friday (30 January), with gold and silver plunging sharply after touching all-time highs just hours earlier. Gold crashed as much as 8 per cent…...
Luxury Spending In China Falls As Wealth Erosion And Weak Sentiment Reshape Consumer Behaviour
4+ hour, 55+ min ago (331+ words) Jan 31, 2026 | Updated 03:29 PM GMT+5:30 China's wealthiest consumers reduced their spending on premium goods as economic confidence amongst households remained subdued, with the mainland luxury market contracting between 3 per cent and 5 per cent in 2025. Consultancy Bain & Company warned the recovery would…...
The Economic Survey Holds Up East Asia As A Mirror - And Indian Business Doesn't Look Good
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (572+ words) Jan 30, 2026 | Updated 08:39 AM GMT+5:30 The Economic Survey 2025-26 includes an extended meditation on corporate behaviour that reads less like economic analysis and more like a challenge to Indian business leadership. The document surveys the post-war experiences of American, German, Japanese, Korean,…...
Industry's Next Leap: What The Economic Survey Says About India's Manufacturing Future
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (1550+ words) Jan 29, 2026 | Updated 08:53 PM GMT+5:30 The Economic Survey 2025-26, tabled in Parliament on 29 January, dedicates a substantial chapter to India's industrial sector with a title that signals ambition: "Industry's Next Leap: Structural Transformation and Global Integration." The framing is deliberate. The Survey…...
India's Logistics Costs Fall Below 8 Per Cent Of GDP As GatiShakti Integration Pays Off: Economic Survey 2026
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (333+ words) Jan 29, 2026 | Updated 04:07 PM GMT+5:30 The Economic Survey 2025-26 presents the first concrete evidence that India's massive infrastructure push is translating into measurable economic gains. According to a joint study by DPIIT and NCAER cited in the Survey, India's logistics costs have…...
The Economic Survey’s Uncomfortable Verdict On Indian Industry
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (1215+ words) Jan 29, 2026 | Updated 03:35 PM GMT+5:30 The Economic Survey 202526 contains a sustained critique of the behaviour and incentive structure of Indian industry. Rather than appearing as a headline claim, this assessment is embedded in boxes, comparative sections, and thematic chapters. It runs…...
Learning To Fail: What Economic Survey Means By 'Entrepreneurial State' That India Needs To Be
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (655+ words) Jan 29, 2026 | Updated 03:15 PM GMT+5:30 The Economic Survey 2025-26 borrows a phrase from Mariana Mazzucato to describe what Indian governance must become: an Entrepreneurial State. The term invites misunderstanding. It does not mean state capitalism, nor does it imply the commercialisation of…...
Economic Survey 2025–26: Rs 17 Lakh-Crore PPP Pipeline, Public InvIT Launch And Expanded Project Models Signal India’s Next Infrastructure Push
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (352+ words) Jan 29, 2026 | Updated 02:49 PM GMT+5:30 The Economic Survey 202526 underlines that well-designed PPP frameworks are critical to improving service delivery across sectors such as roads, ports, power and urban infrastructure. The Survey notes that the effectiveness of PPPs depends heavily on strong…...
Economic Survey 2025-26: Indian Economy Likely To Grow At 6.8–7.2 Per Cent GDP In FY 2026–27 Amid Global Trade Uncertainty
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (307+ words) Jan 29, 2026 | Updated 01:33 PM GMT+5:30 India's economy is projected to grow between 6.8 per cent and 7.2 per cent in the financial year 202627, according to the Economic Survey presented in the Lok Sabha by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday. The projection marks…...
India's Industrial Production Surges 7.8 Per Cent In December 2025, Highest In Over Two Years
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (385+ words) Jan 28, 2026 | Updated 05:01 PM GMT+5:30 India's Index of Industrial Production (IIP) recorded a robust growth of 7.8 per cent in December 2025, marking its highest level in over two years, according to data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on…...