India-EU FTA: A Structural Lift Across Export-Led and Capital-Intensive Sectors

The recently concluded India–European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) marks a strategic inflection point in bilateral commerce, unlocking preferential market access for a broad set of Indian industries. Spanning goods and services, the pact extends across approximately 97% of tariff lines and 99.5% of trade by value, with a majority of tariff concessions taking effect […]

Structural reforms key to lifting India’s growth beyond 7%, says CEA Nageswaran

India’s medium-term growth trajectory can be lifted further through a new wave of structural reforms, Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran said, highlighting land, education, energy taxation and farm-sector changes as critical areas for pushing the economy towards a higher growth path. Speaking to ET Now following the release of the Economic Survey, Nageswaran said […]

Remove structural barriers to further push women’s participation in economic transformation: Economic Survey

The Economic Survey says higher female employment supports fairer labour market outcomes, strengthens household welfare and contributes to building a more inclusive, resilient, and productive economy | Photo Credit: TRILOKS;Rajeev G R 6767 Continuing with the government’s Nari Shakti policy push, the Economic Survey 2025-26 sought an increased women’s participation in the labour market to […]