Indian economy current affairs for UPSC

Cheaper cooking oil for the festivals, or a setback for India's oilseed farmers and its self-reliance mission?

Factories are humming and capital goods are up 16.9%. So why are everyday consumer goods barely growing?

India grows enough food for 1.4 billion people. Why does so much of it rot before anyone eats it?

Why should a privately held holding company be forced onto the stock market?

When can the government tell a factory's own power plant how much electricity to make?

If large merchants start paying for UPI, how much should the government still subsidise it?

Output grew. Did manufacturing's share of jobs and exports?

When a messaging network becomes a sanctions tool, countries build their own.

Mandatory standards are meant to protect buyers. Are they also taxing manufacturers?

India has vast coal reserves. Why do plants still run short?

Every EV motor and wind turbine needs these magnets. China makes almost all of them.

Inflation is back in the conversation. Why a rate hike now?

About 51 lakh more workers brought under mandatory provident fund and pension cover.

More people are working in villages, but urban joblessness is stuck near 7%. What does the monthly survey show?

Most Indian farms are tiny. Can collectives, credit and data, rather than land size, make them pay?

Claims of ₹22,006 crore settled for ₹6.5 crore. What stops a guarantor's friends from voting the deal through?

India sends about 4 million tonnes of steel to Europe a year. Only 1.64 million tonnes get a quota. What about the rest?

The pipeline built to bypass Hormuz has itself been shut. What does that do to an importer like India?

A '50% off' tag means little if you cannot see the old price. What must online platforms now disclose?

Women are 78% of informal workers in Telangana's Nirmal but 6.7% in Rudraprayag. What does district data change?

India is the fastest-growing major economy. Why do some economists still fear it could stall before it gets rich?

Can real growth outrun nominal growth? In the new GDP series it sometimes can. Here is why.

A cess is collected for one purpose. So why did ₹9,222 crore of it never reach the funds meant for that purpose?

Can a carbon market at home cut the border tax that Indian steel and aluminium will pay in Britain?

An old, trust-based way of moving money now runs on encrypted apps and stablecoins. Can regulators keep up?

If faster growth barely moves prices in India, can raising the repo rate tame inflation without hurting output?

Can linking national payment systems make trade cheaper without a showdown over the dollar?

India's investment treaty template is being rewritten. Who gets a say before the Cabinet signs off?

The RBI pulled in over $136 billion to steady the rupee. What happens when it has to give the dollars back?

Services and remittances grew, so why did the balance of payments slip into an $8.1 billion deficit?

Investment jumped and factories sped up, but farm growth slowed. How durable is 7.8%?

Rates were cut, yet collections rose 11.6%. Is that proof the reform worked, or simply the government's own scorecard?

Factory output and wage bills are rising. So why are most non-farm workers still in informal units?

India can build solar parks fast. Can State grids carry their power, and store it for the evening?