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India is at the threshold of one of the most promising economic decades in its modern history, yet the hard arithmetic underlying growth reflects a more fragile situation than our headline GDP figures suggest. Economists apply the Sala-i-Martin framework to break growth down into its core components and ask a simple-yet-powerful question: How much of the rise in output per worker can be attributed to the use of more capital (a single factor of production), and how much can be attributed to India becoming more productive on the whole? The results from India’s growth decomposition between 1990 and 2023 reflect the emergence of a two-pronged challenge: capital deepening is now uneven and no longer accelerating, while total factor productivity (TFP) has remained stubbornly stagnant.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The department of telecommunications (DoT), on 28 November, issued notifications to mobile phone brands, asking them to pre-install the Centre’s cybersecurity app, Sanchar Saathi, on devices, without an option to disable it.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The ministry of heavy industries has identified ports, steel, cement and logistics as sectors to generate demand for electric trucks (e-trucks) under the PM E-Drive scheme after turning up empty-handed in the first half of the scheme, according to two officials aware of the development. The ₹500 crore, two-year scheme for e-trucks is set to end in fiscal year 2026 (FY26).

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Budget 2024 scrapped the indexation benefit—a provision that allowed adjusting prices for inflation—to make tax rates uniform across asset classes. For real estate, the tax on long-term capital gains (LTCG) — when a property is held for at least two years—was reduced from 20% with the indexation benefit to 12.5% without it.

The banking sector's elevated credit-deposit ratio of 80.5% underscores the continued importance of deposit mobilization to sustain growth momentum.

Indian Premier League (IPL) season 18 has completed two weeks and the is streaming exclusively on the new OTT platform JioHotstar and, unlike previous editions, fans cannot watch the matches for free. However, Jio had launched a special recharge plan that gives fans access to IPL on JioHotstar for free once again before the start of the tournament. According to the offers, fans needed to buy a new Jio SIM or recharge their existing plans with special plans till March 31. However, given the reception for the tournament, Jio has now decided to extend the offer till April 15.

BJP workers on Saturday stormed into the district jail here allegedly over placement of mobile jammers following which nearly 100 of them were detained, officials said. During the confrontation a woman corporator was pushed against the wall, leaving her injured, they said. According to the police, the group approached the jail premises under the pretext of deactivating the mobile signal jammer set up inside the prison.

White House is being pushed back by one day. With a major anti-Trump rally expected to draw thousands to D.C. on Saturday, officials have postponed the garden tours that were scheduled for that day, citing safety and crowd concerns around the White House.

A total of 682 Indian nationals has been deported from the US since January 2025 till date, the minister said in a written response to a question. «The vast majority of these deportees had attempted to enter the U.S. illegally, but were apprehended at the US border itself and thereafter deported to India after due verification. As such, these deportations may not have any impact on the overall remittance flows to India,» he said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Karnataka High Court has prohibited bike taxis until the government lays down clear guidelines under the Motor Vehicles Act. How significant is this ruling, will it disrupt ride-hailing platforms and reshape daily commutes for users? Mint takes a deep dive: The Karnataka High Court has mandated that shared mobility aggregators, including Rapido, Uber and Ola, cease operations of bike taxis in the state within six weeks due to the absence of specific state regulation around the service.

Motorola engineer Martin Cooper made the first mobile phone call in the world with the words: 'Joel, this is Marty. I'm calling you from a cell phone, a real handheld portable cell phone.' Cooper had called his chief competitor Joel Engel at Bell Labs to essentially taunt him from a Manhattan footpath in front of reporters.

New Delhi: As the monsoon recedes, a familiar chill settles over northern India, heralding the festive spirit of winter and a concerning rise in air pollution. This annual tale of festivities intertwined with hazardous air quality has become a public health emergency, not just in Delhi NCR but across numerous Indian cities.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: India’s green financing push could gain new momentum this financial year, with the government exploring a plan to increase its ₹25,342.31 crore target for issuing sovereign green bonds, two people said. This suggests a turnaround in the government’s thinking from a few months earlier, when it was considering a plan to fall back on conventional government securities and other debt instruments for green financing as green bonds have delivered only modest returns.

buying a home in India has been considered an essential life milestone. However, a shift in perspective is emerging, with many questioning whether homeownership is truly necessary. Hardik Joshi, a risk analyst, highlighted this change in a recent post, saying, “At some point, people stop saying ‘I must buy a house.’ And start asking ‘Is buying actually worth it?’”

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The once-booming initial public offerings (IPO) market, fueled by frenzied retail participation, has hit a speed bump. The recent sell-off in Indian equities has forced companies to defer listings, with March seeing no mainboard public listing, the first monthly lull since May 2023.

Infosys co-founder, Nandan Nilekani, highlighted that 50% of Indians' assets are land, much of it non-tradable—unable to be sold or used as loan collateral. This leaves landowners with dormant assets. He proposes “tokenisation of land”, digitising titles to make them tradable on a ledger, like stocks or bonds.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. SoftBank Group has agreed to lead a funding round of up to $40 billion in OpenAI. It’s a deal which should boost the value of Microsoft’s stake in the ChatGPT maker but raises the bar for the successful conversion of OpenAI into a for-profit company.

Some brokers now allow investors to gift securities to family and friends online, directly from their demat account. You can use this to easily gift shares, bonds, exchange traded funds and even mutual funds held in your demat account.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: India's electric vehicle (EV) battery makers could face collateral damage from the Trump tariffs, as foreign manufacturers unload cheap batteries here just as the local companies were ramping up production. India’s fast-growing EV market could absorb the diverted supply and drive down costs for local automakers, experts said, adding that also spells trouble for companies such as Amara Raja Energy & Mobility Ltd, Exide Industries Ltd, Reliance Industries Ltd and Ola Electric Ltd, which are investing billions to build battery plants.

AI agent on the go. The developments come after Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startupDeepSeek released a major upgrade to its V3 large language model (LLM), intensifying competition with US tech leaders like OpenAI and Anthropic.

Government sources told TOI that ministries pitching for new sectors under the PLI scheme have been asked to go back to the drawing board and revise their proposals with a 360-degree perspective. Footwear, toys, textiles, and speciality chemicals were among the sectors seeking inclusion under the scheme, which aims to build a large domestic production base to cater to both local and export markets.