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Cows vs trade deals: The battle for India's milk market

Chennai, Sept. 15 -- Raj Kumar's family, from Poongunam village, in Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu, has been in dairy farming ever since he can remember. And the family didn't make much profit fo... Read More


Mint Explainer: Has inflation been tamed?

New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- Retail inflation, as measured by the consumer price index, has been declining for months. In August, it was a comfortable 2.07%. Mint looks at the factors that contributed to th... Read More


Mint Explainer | Will GST rate cut upset government's fiscal math?

New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- The long-awaited overhaul of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is finally here. By lowering tax rates on mass-consumption items, GST 2.0 is expected to give a boost to domestic de... Read More


Mint Explainer: India's current account deficit narrows in Q1. But is it sustainable?

New Delhi, Sept. 2 -- India's current account, which measures the flow of goods, services, and investments into the economy, returned to a deficit during the first quarter of 2026-26. The lower defici... Read More


Mint Explainer: India's Q1 GDP numbers beat expectations. But the devil is in the details

New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- India's economic growth in the first quarter of FY2025-26 came as a big surprise. The economy clocked a five-quarter high growth of 7.8%, defying expectations of a slowdown. Min... Read More


Mint Explainer: Will fewer slabs in GST 2.0 finally fix India's tax maze?

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- While delivering his Independence Day address on 15 August, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the long-overdue goods and service tax (GST) reforms. He promised a "double Diw... Read More


Mint Explainer: Could Trump's tariff trigger India's next '1991 moment'?

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- The steep tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on Indian goods threaten to significantly dent exports to the world's largest economy. Half of the 50% levy has already tak... Read More


Mint Explainer | Will Trump's tariff war push India closer to Russia and China?

New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- Trump 2.0 was expected to be good for India. But after early promise, ties have unexpectedly soured. Mint examines the sudden reversal, what India should do next, and whether rece... Read More


Why Coromandel International has thrived while many fertilizer companies have struggled

New Delhi, July 27 -- Kakinada/Vishakapatnam/Hyderabad: The first thing you notice as you enter Coromandel International's phosphatic fertilizer plant at Kakinada in North-Eastern Andhra Pradesh is no... Read More


Mint Explainer | How India's trade deals have evolved

New Delhi, July 27 -- Trade deals that India signed initially failed to deliver. But India has since learnt from its mistakes and tweaked its strategy to see better success. Mint explains how the Indi... Read More