With rising bad loans and a critical need to fuel small business growth, India’s banking and financial services sector is placing its bets on Budget 2026. Here’s what they’re asking for—and why it matters for the entire economy.
As Budget 2026 approaches, India’s leading precious metal refiner MMTC-PAMP is sounding the alarm: unfair import duty structures are crippling domestic refiners. The company is urging the government to level the playing field and unlock India’s potential as a global refining hub.
In a historic first, the silver price has officially breached the $100 per ounce mark, driven by a perfect storm of economic uncertainty and surging industrial demand. But is this a sustainable new normal or a speculative bubble about to burst?
A brutal week on Dalal Street has erased over Rs 16 lakh crore in investor wealth. We break down the perfect storm of foreign outflows, a record-low rupee, and global jitters that triggered this market crash.
With Donald Trump threatening new tariffs, the rupee under pressure, and India-US trade talks stalled, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget 2026 is more critical than ever. Can it safeguard India’s resilient growth narrative?
The Reserve Bank of India has quietly slashed its US Treasury holdings to a five-year low while aggressively stockpiling gold. This isn’t just portfolio rebalancing—it’s a calculated step in India’s broader strategy to reduce its dependence on the US dollar.