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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India Inflation Drivers: Food, Fuel, or Something Else?

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India inflation drivers are not as simple as food versus fuel. This deep dive unpacks CPI composition, food supply chains, MSP, fuel taxes, and the price pressures that still shape household budgets.

India GDP vs Inflation: Why Growth Still Feels Like a Pay Cut

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India's macro numbers can look strong even when household budgets remain under pressure. This piece explains how GDP growth, inflation, wages, per-capita averages and consumption distribution can move in different directions at the same time.

Union Budget 2026-27: Who Really Wins, Who Still Pays?

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Union Budget 2026-27 offers a disciplined mix of capex, targeted tax relief and compliance easing. The gains are real, but uneven—and many households may still wait for the payoff.

Water crisis in India: the resource that could cap growth

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India’s water challenge is no longer just about summer scarcity. It is now a hard economic question shaped by groundwater stress, distorted farm incentives, weak urban pricing and the untapped business of wastewater reuse.

GST Formalization: What the Hidden-Economy Data Really Says

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GST formalization is changing how India records commerce. Collections matter, but the deeper story lies in e-invoicing, e-way bills, taxpayer growth and a far denser transactional data trail.
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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.