TFD Economic Research Desk

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TFD Economic Research Desk covers the latest economic trends and developments, delivering in-depth analysis and reporting to help readers navigate the economic landscape, both Indian and global, with clarity and insight.

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Gig economy India: freedom on the app, insecurity off it

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Gig economy India has created speed, convenience and new work opportunities, but its deeper economics reveal fragile earnings, weak safety nets and a long-overdue push for platform workers’ rights.

$5 Trillion, But on Whose Clock? India’s Milestone Is a Currency Story as Much as a Growth Story

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India’s march toward a $5 trillion economy looks straightforward in rupees and far less so in dollars, where exchange rates, revisions, and growth quality complicate the political slogan.

After the QR Code: How UPI, ONDC and Embedded Finance Could Redraw Indian Banking

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India’s next banking disruption won’t arrive as a new bank branch or a flashy app. It is taking shape in payment rails, commerce protocols and invisible credit pipes.

The Stimulus That Sticks: Why Roads and Railways Still Offer India’s Cleanest Growth Push

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When a new highway cuts freight time or a rail corridor frees up cargo capacity, the effect isn’t just visible in concrete. It shows up later in costs, margins, jobs, and investment decisions.
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Auditor Independence Gets a Cooling-Off Clause: MCA’s Cross-Selling Squeeze on the Big Four

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MCA’s proposed auditor independence reform would extend non-audit service restrictions for three years after audit tenure ends, targeting the cross-selling economics that have long strengthened large multidisciplinary networks.

Audit Quality Maturity Model and the Big Four Question Returns

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ICAI has widened the mandatory reach of the Audit Quality Maturity Model to group audits and other public-interest engagements. The move sharpens India's audit-quality architecture, but it also reopens the harder question of whether domestic firms can build credible scale against the Big Four.

NFRA inspection reports put Big Four-linked audit networks on notice

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NFRA’s March 2026 inspection reports have turned audit quality into the central governance story around India’s Big Four-linked audit networks, with independence, group controls and evidence quality all under pressure.

IBC Amendment Act 2026 Moves Insolvency Out of the Waiting Room

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The IBC Amendment Act 2026 is India’s clearest attempt yet to cut insolvency delays where they actually begin—at admission, in liquidation and in the messy afterlife of resolution-plan implementation.