• 19th August 2025

China’s decision to ease export restrictions on rare earths, fertilizers, and tunnel boring machines marks a key step in thawing ties with India. The move, following talks between Foreign Ministers S. Jaishankar and Wang Yi, offers relief for critical industries while setting the stage for deeper cooperation ahead of Prime Minister Modi’s China visit for the SCO summit.

• 13th August 2025

India’s expanded restrictions on Bangladeshi jute imports are set to disrupt a significant segment of the $12.9 billion bilateral trade relationship. The move — which channels imports exclusively through the costlier Nhava Sheva Seaport — threatens small and medium exporters in Bangladesh by raising logistics costs and delivery times. Valued at around $193 million in 2023–24, Bangladesh’s jute exports to India represent nearly a quarter of its total jute trade. Analysts see the restrictions as part of India’s bid to protect its 400,000-strong domestic jute workforce from subsidized imports, but also as a strategic response to Dhaka’s closer ties with China and Pakistan. The escalating political and economic tensions risk further destabilizing a once-robust trade partnership.

• 11th August 2025
• Money Control

‘A combination of different factors, such as product differentiation, demand, quality, and contractual arrangements, would determine the impact on India’s exports,’ says MoS Finance Pankaj Chaudhary

• 17th July 2025
• Moneycontrol News

Apart from the CEO of T-Hub and the startups being incubated at T Hub, participants included representatives of IIT Hyderabad, Centres of Excellence of NITs and Engineering institutions with active innovation cells.

• 1st July 2025
• Sweta Goswami

The waiver of ISTS charges will gradually be phased out until June 2028 for solar and wind projects. It is now time to boost other aspects such as battery energy storage and pumped hydro for which we are now offering 100% waiver in ISTS charges for 25 years,’ a senior MNRE official told Moneycontrol.

• 26th June 2025
• Money Control

While no official ban has been announced, authorities have stopped inspecting India-bound consignments, effectively choking supply

• 25th June 2025
• Sanjay Notani is a Partner with Economic Laws Practice.

India’s approach to trade talks are undergirded by two critical premises. One, concessions are linked to geopolitical context. Two, policy space is a strategic asset and not a bargaining chip. In the case of the US as the administration is prone to flip-flops, India’s insisting on review clauses that lets both sides revisit flash points

• 24th June 2025
• Ishaan Gera

Among the biggest beneficiaries are exporters of sheep and bovine meat, with the entire $176 million worth of Indian exports in this category headed to the region in 2024.

• 6th June 2025
• Rajni Thakur is Chief Economist, L&T Finance Ltd.

Cutting CRR at a time when financial system liquidity is already in a surplus indicates a clear bias to use policy levers to move interest rates in the economy structurally lower and boost credit demand as domestic consumption grows in tandem with aspirational growth trajectory for the economy