• The Federal
    Prasanna Mohanty
    About the AuthorPrasanna Mohanty
    Prasanna Mohanty is the Business Editor of The Federal.
      Bihar assembly elections 2025
      Elections 2025

      Cash transfers and other incentives likely key to NDA's sweep in Bihar

      14 Nov 2025 7:59 PM IST
      COP30 in Brazil
      Business

      As COP30 shows, rich nations and elites still block climate progress

      12 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
      COP30 Brazil
      Business

      COP30: India’s climate mitigation pledges are all rhetoric, little substance

      10 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
      COP30 Brazil
      Business

      COP30 in Trump’s shadow: Will it move forward, backward or get stranded?

      9 Nov 2025 1:43 PM IST
      Hindu economics
      The Federal Special

      How India's constitutional order is eroding under dharma-driven policies

      5 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Bihar Assembly polls, Narendra Modi
      Elections 2025

      Bihar’s pre-poll cash push sparks concerns over voter sway, ECI neutrality

      4 Nov 2025 7:42 PM IST
      Donald Trump tariff
      World

      With US Supreme Court set to hear Trump tariffs, world hopes for a miracle

      4 Nov 2025 6:46 PM IST
      How Indias dharma-ordained caste system has killed its prosperity
      The Federal Special

      How a 'dharma-ordained' caste system has killed India's prosperity

      4 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
      How Shram Shakti weakens workers, shields Centre from constitutional duties
      The Federal Special

      How Shram Shakti weakens workers, shields Centre from constitutional duties

      3 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Informal sector construction workers
      Business

      Higher wages and social security keys to unlocking informal sector

      2 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
      US Trumps Russian oil sanctions
      Business

      Has India made a strategic shift to US crude, inching away from Russia?

      1 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Oil and gas production
      Business

      How refining boom masks India’s falling crude and gas production

      30 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indias crude import
      The Federal Special

      Crude story: Skyrocketing import dependence, nosediving swadeshi output

      25 Oct 2025 1:23 PM IST
      RBI overestimates gain from GST cut in growth projections, risks overlooked
      Business

      GST cuts hailed as growth booster, but RBI risks ignoring warning signs

      23 Oct 2025 5:41 PM IST
      How Nitish Kumar and past regimes let Bihar down economically
      Elections 2025

      How Nitish Kumar and past regimes let Bihar down economically

      23 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
      car showroom
      Business

      1 month of GST 2.0: Consumption zooms; will economy grow?

      22 Oct 2025 9:26 AM IST
      Muharat trading Diwali 2025
      Business

      Stock markets rally as GST cuts boost sentiment ahead of muhurat trading

      20 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Bihar school girls in Patna. Bihars education allocation is among the highest in India.
      Elections 2025

      Bihar’s fiscal fragility deepens as own-revenue continues to remain low

      19 Oct 2025 9:25 AM IST
      Bihar poor woman in Patna
      Bihar

      Bihar still trapped in BIMARU shadow with fragile economy, abject poverty

      17 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Indian exports to US
      Business

      Trump's tariffs bite India, exports to US fell by 12 pc in September

      16 Oct 2025 2:10 PM IST
      labour laws
      Analysis

      Shram Shakti Niti 2025 : Draft labour policy steps back to Manusmiriti

      10 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Ultra rich
      Business

      India’s ultra-rich make it to rich lists, but go missing from income-tax data

      9 Oct 2025 6:58 PM IST
      Is proposed GST revision torpedoing sales of goods taxed at 28 per cent?
      The Federal Focus

      Ambiguities continue to plague ‘new, improved’ GST, too

      8 Oct 2025 6:20 AM IST
      Hurun India Rich List 2025 reveals what’s wrong with India’s growth model
      Analysis

      Hurun India Rich List 2025 reveals what’s wrong with India’s growth model

      5 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
      RBI will move with caution, but need for courage led to easing of bank norms: Governor
      Business

      Is RBI being overly optimistic in projecting 6.8 pc growth for FY26?

      1 Oct 2025 8:09 PM IST
      nuclear power plant
      India

      India’s nuclear energy push: Will it be high on promises but low in delivery?

      1 Oct 2025 4:10 PM IST
      A contract was signed with the HAL for 97 Tejas aircraft
      India

      Mystery deepens over India’s rush to buy untested Tejas jets

      29 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Brain drain
      Business

      What India can learn from China to retain talent or reverse brain drain

      26 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
      How Centre flouted GST law, diverted ₹3.1 lakh crore meant for states
      The Federal Focus

      How Centre flouted GST law, diverted ₹3.1 lakh crore meant for states

      25 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Chinas economy
      Analysis

      How China secured its place as global manufacturing and exports hub

      23 Sept 2025 4:34 PM IST
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