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Imagine your kitchen's rice and wheat jars are fuller than they have been in five years, right before a season that might bring less rain than usual. That is roughly India's position now, and it matters for food prices nationwide.
Imagine your school asking every family to deposit extra pocket money in a special dollar piggy bank — that's roughly what India's government is asking banks to do, but with billions of dollars instead of rupees.
2 min read · 2026-07-11
Cheaper oil is usually good news for India's currency, but a Mint poll of economists says the rupee will likely stay stuck near 94-96 against the US dollar anyway.
2 min read · 2026-07-08
What happens when a big public company can't repay its loan? India has a tool called a sovereign guarantee — a formal promise by the government to step in and pay if things go wrong. These multi-crore commitments show up in the Union Budget every year.
2 min read · 2026-07-06
Millions of people may have paid lamb prices for kebabs that were secretly made with cheaper goat meat, fat, and skin — raising questions about how food labelling protects consumers and their wallets.
3 min read · 2026-07-03