Context: India’s Q1 FY2026-27 GDP growth was reported at ~7.8%, a historically strong rate.Despite this, public trust in official GDP figures appears weak, reflecting a gap between headline growth and lived economic experience.India also shifted to a...

Context: China is the world’s largest trade-surplus economy, with a trade surplus of around $1.2 trillion, and accounts for nearly 30% of global manufacturing output.Its manufacturing dominance is supported by government subsidies, state-directed fin...

Context: India's Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme, initially designed to support sugar mills and cane farmers, is increasingly becoming dependent on grain-based ethanol, raising concerns over food security, water use and the sustainability of h...

Context: Retail sugar prices reportedly rose sharply from around ₹45 to ₹65/kg within a month, with the ethanol-blending programme being blamed; however, the article attributes the rise mainly to lower sugar production and delayed government policy r...