India’s consumption story is deepening
India’s consumption base is widening, formalising, and upgrading, strengthening balance sheets and shifting demand toward higher-value categories
India’s consumption base is widening, formalising, and upgrading, strengthening balance sheets and shifting demand toward higher-value categories
Over the past 12 quarters, filings have recorded double-digit annual growth in all but one quarter
Cash equities are increasingly delivery-led, even as derivatives premium turnover surges, revealing a bifurcated market structure beneath speculation headlines
The redistribution of weightage under the new base makes the new series more services-sensitive and comparatively less food-dominated
Rising inflation forecasts, sticky bond yields, and increased government borrowing signal constrained policy space despite growth resilience
In a ruptured world, India’s Union Budget chooses restraint, signalling stability and execution while avoiding disruption, populism, or dramatic course changes
Over the past eight years, the Union Budget speech has stopped persuading and started instructing
Across years, the Union Budget has quietly rewritten its social contract—changing how different groups are recognised, prioritised, and positioned within growth
Read across the last seven editions, the Survey reveals how the state’s economic imagination has informed its doctrine
Across years, a consistent set of sectors anchors the Union Budget’s economic imagination
Over the last eight years, the Union Budget has spoken more about work systems than about jobs themselves
Over the last eight years, the Union Budget’s implied audience has narrowed, sharpened, and become more economically specific