The Global AI Summits
As AI capabilities transitioned from analytical tasks to autonomous reasoning, the international community recognized that technology of this magnitude could…
Top 20 Global AI Leaders
The concentration of power within the artificial intelligence sector in 2026 is unprecedented, with a handful of organizations controlling the…
India Budget 2026: Denominator/Real/Nominal
Read the FY 2026-27 budget like a bond trader and you end up with two denominators: nominal GDP (the base…
Union Budget 2026–27 Highlights: What’s In
What the Budget is positioning itself as Budget at a glance (₹ crore) Component (₹ crore) 2024–25 (Actual) 2025–26 (BE)…
Union Budget 2026–27: What Changes for Whom
1) For ordinary taxpayers and salaried families 2) For SMEs, micro enterprises, and Tier-II/Tier-III business ecosystems 3) For industry: manufacturing,…
Union Budget 2026: Explainer 4 – Taxes + Customs
New Income Tax Act, 2025 is slated to take effect from April 2026. Simplified rules and redesigned forms are to…
Union Budget 2026: Explainer 3 – People + Inclusion/Skills, Services, Farming, Welfare/Regional focus
A High-Powered Education to Employment and Enterprise Standing Committee is proposed to recommend services-sector focused measures as a core driver…
Union Budget 2026: Explainer 2 – Growth/Manufacturing–Infrastructure–Energy
Intervention 1: scaling manufacturing in 7 strategic + frontier sectors Biopharma scale-up Biopharma SHAKTI is announced with ₹10,000 crore over…
Union Budget 2026: Explainer 1 – The Fiscal Frame
The topline arithmetic (Budget Estimates for FY 2026–27) Non-debt receipts are estimated at ₹36.5 lakh crore. Total expenditure is estimated…
Budget 2026: Farmer Income Growth—Higher Productivity in Agriculture and Allied Sectors
The agriculture-and-allied strategy is a productivity play across horticulture, high-value crops, animal husbandry, fisheries, and plantation forestry (sandalwood), strengthened by…
Budget 2026: Ease of Doing Business and Ease of Living—Tax, Compliance and Customs Reforms
The ease agenda combines capital-market access, taxpayer service improvements, compliance rationalisation, and customs digitisation. On the taxpayer side, it lowers…