Markets, money, and human livelihoods
India's renewable energy capacity crossed 250 GW in 2026, with solar alone at 160 GW — but the 500 GW by 2030 target demands grid storage and transmission investment that has yet to materialise
50,000 farmers have gathered at the Shambhu border near Delhi demanding a legal guarantee of MSP. National highways are blocked; government talks have stalled; the wheat procurement season may.
Three chip-fab approvals, foreign anchor investors, and 28,000 new jobs promised — India's semiconductor mission is past the announcement stage, but the clock is ticking against China and Taiwan.
India is the world's fastest-growing major economy for the third year running. But services dominate, manufacturing stalls, and 45% of workers still depend on agriculture — a prosperity gap that.
When India had only two weeks of foreign exchange left, a quiet economist named Manmohan Singh dismantled four decades of state control and re-routed the country onto a different century.