Economy Updates | Latest news on economic issues in India

Top News

Drought-driven low river levels hit shipping and trade across major routes: ITF

Drought-driven low river levels hit shipping and trade across major routes: ITF

28 Sep 2026

3 min read

Simply Put: Real growth

Simply Put: Real growth

16 Sep 2026

1 min read

Kutch’s drought is drying more than fields; a livelihood and pastoral crisis is unfolding

Kutch’s drought is drying more than fields; a livelihood and pastoral crisis is unfolding

11 Sep 2026

6 min read

Services emerge as the hidden engine of global trade, accounting for 71% of intermediate inputs

Services emerge as the hidden engine of global trade, accounting for 71% of intermediate inputs

07 Sep 2026

5 min read

Has the Iran war been a setback for greener steelmaking?

Has the Iran war been a setback for greener steelmaking?

06 Sep 2026

8 min read

Can Warangal’s GI-tagged Dhurries escape the march of mechanisation?

Can Warangal’s GI-tagged Dhurries escape the march of mechanisation?

Vikas Choudhary

03 Sep 2026

1 min read

Indian tunnel rescue team making progress at Chilime and Langtang hydropower sites.

Nepal floods expose climate finance delay: GCF took seven years to approve glacier-risk project while lenders backed hydropower in vulnerable basin

01 Sep 2026

7 min read

View of the Mocha port city on the Red Sea coast.

The Mocha monopoly: how Yemen’s dominance of the global coffee trade birthed the Houthi rebels

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

01 Sep 2026

6 min read

Fossil fuel import bills surge over $330 billion in six months since Hormuz crisis: CREA

Fossil fuel import bills surge over $330 billion in six months since Hormuz crisis: CREA

26 Aug 2026

4 min read

Extreme summer of 2026 has cost Germany at least 36 billion euros, says Greenpeace

Extreme summer of 2026 has cost Germany at least 36 billion euros, says Greenpeace

26 Aug 2026

3 min read

Sugar prices rise 30% in a month as weather shocks expose inflation risk flagged by RBI

Sugar prices rise 30% in a month as weather shocks expose inflation risk flagged by RBI

25 Aug 2026

5 min read

China opens new Arctic trade route — but obstacles will prevent its wider use

China opens new Arctic trade route — but obstacles will prevent its wider use

Edward Rhys Jones

24 Aug 2026

4 min read

Interviews

‘Trump’s tariffs mark weaponisation of trade, threaten globalisation’

‘Trump’s tariffs mark weaponisation of trade, threaten globalisation’

09 Apr 2025

4 min read

'Half of India without significant wealth'

'Half of India without significant wealth'

Richard Mahapatra

07 Dec 2021

2 min read

A locked-up house in the village of Baluni, Uttarakhand. Photo: Srikant Chaudhary

45% of migrants will stay back in Uttarakhand, says CM Rawat

26 Aug 2020

4 min read

‘Repressive governments use financial crises, global pandemics to change societal norms’

‘Repressive governments use financial crises, global pandemics to change societal norms’

13 Jul 2020

3 min read

COVID-19 labour laws dilution: ‘Neo-liberal character has eroded welfare state’

COVID-19 labour laws dilution: ‘Neo-liberal character has eroded welfare state’

12 May 2020

7 min read

‘Signing RCEP will mean no duties on solar products’

‘Signing RCEP will mean no duties on solar products’

04 Nov 2019

2 min read

Poor no longer moving to higher income bracket: Pronab Sen

Poor no longer moving to higher income bracket: Pronab Sen

31 Oct 2019

4 min read

'Oxfam’s used clothing trade in Africa opened employment, cut waste'

'Oxfam’s used clothing trade in Africa opened employment, cut waste'

29 May 2019

4 min read

Blog (Economy)

Kutch’s drought is drying more than fields; a livelihood and pastoral crisis is unfolding

Kutch’s drought is drying more than fields; a livelihood and pastoral crisis is unfolding

11 Sep 2026

6 min read

View of the Mocha port city on the Red Sea coast.

The Mocha monopoly: how Yemen’s dominance of the global coffee trade birthed the Houthi rebels

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

01 Sep 2026

6 min read

China opens new Arctic trade route — but obstacles will prevent its wider use

China opens new Arctic trade route — but obstacles will prevent its wider use

Edward Rhys Jones

24 Aug 2026

4 min read

Microfinance was supposed to save Asia’s poor. Why has it failed to live up to its promise?

Microfinance was supposed to save Asia’s poor. Why has it failed to live up to its promise?

20 Aug 2026

Videos (Economy)

Fertiliser fallout: A war & its impacts on what we produce & eat

Fertiliser fallout: A war & its impacts on what we produce & eat

08 May 2026

1 min read

Carbon Politics: Green industrialisation for the Global South

Carbon Politics: Green industrialisation for the Global South

28 Apr 2026

1 min read

Noida workers’ protest: The global cost of living crisis comes home

Noida workers’ protest: The global cost of living crisis comes home

17 Apr 2026

1 min read

Economic Survey 2025–26 explained: Why India must grow and absorb global shocks

Economic Survey 2025–26 explained: Why India must grow and absorb global shocks

30 Jan 2026

1 min read

Books (Economy)

Book Excerpt: How 7 islands that were part of a dowry became India’s leading economic centre

Book Excerpt: How 7 islands that were part of a dowry became India’s leading economic centre

Lakshmi Subramanian

25 Jan 2025

4 min read

Book excerpt: How the Suez canal was built

Book excerpt: How the Suez canal was built

04 Aug 2023

6 min read

Evolution of work

Evolution of work

29 Nov -1

4 min read

Yes, she can

Yes, she can

29 Nov -1

4 min read

Explore More (Economy)

Can Warangal’s GI-tagged Dhurries escape the march of mechanisation?

Can Warangal’s GI-tagged Dhurries escape the march of mechanisation?

Vikas Choudhary

03 Sep 2026

1 min read

Demand for ice climbs across Delhi-NCR

Demand for ice climbs across Delhi-NCR amid scorching heat

Vikas Choudhary

15 Jun 2026

2 min read

Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General

Think beyond GDP

09 May 2026

1 min read

A tradition that is now rare

A tradition that is now rare

Vikas Choudhary

23 Apr 2026

1 min read

Down To Earth

www.downtoearth.org.in