People’s BRICS Delhi Declaration
As India hosts the BRICS Summit in 2026, we, the people of one of BRICS’s founding countries, call on BRICS members to forge a development model based on solidarity, dignity, participatory democracy, and respect...
Public Dialogue Forum: Global South Cooperation & Alternatives
Date: 21–22 August 2026 Venue: Integrated Social Initiatives (ISI), New Delhi As the Global South seeks greater sovereignty, solidarity and a stronger voice in shaping the international order, new forms of South-South cooperation are...
West Asia, War, and Rising Trade Insecurities in India
Online discussion Date: 29th April 2026 Time: 3 p.m. Speakers: Subhash Chandra Garg – Former Finance and Power Secretary, speaking on the implications for the energy Sector Dinesh Abrol – Scientist, ISID, speaking on...
Budget Expectations: Need to Escape Confused Policy Making
The only option for India is to reduce dependence on the external markets and boost internal markets via income support to the marginalised which can more than make up for the loss of external...
Imperialism in the Multipolar World: Resistance from India and the Global South | Anuradha Chenoy | Podcast
You, Me and the Economy In this episode, Anuradha Chenoy unpacks the current phase of imperialism, where U.S. hegemony is being reasserted through military alliances, NATO expansion, and active support of genocidal violence. She...
India – UK FTA is a colonial sham
The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is expected to be implemented in the first half of 2026. India’s journey with trade deals slowed down in the 2000s after past agreements backfired. But now,...
Chains of Power: State–Capital Fusion and the Erosion of Democracy | Podcast | Aditya Nigam
You, Me & the Economy Time Of Monsters:Fascism and the Fusion of the State and the Corporation | In conversation with Aditya Nigam In this episode, Aditya Nigam traces how India’s political economy has...
THE GREAT EXTINCTION: TRUMP & THE THREAT OF CLIMATE COLLAPSE
In the context of an accelerating ecological crisis, the fourth webinar in the Political Economy of the Trump Era series, examined how climate collapse is being politically manufactured, seen most visibly through the return...
Who Gains, Who Loses? Rethinking India’s Global Trade Moves
India is reportedly planning to open parts of its massive $700+ billion public procurement market to foreign companies, starting with the U.K. and the U.S. This marks a big policy shift. The government claims...
Trump’s Tariffs, India’s Silence | Finance Matters, 11 April 2025 | Editorial
Harsher tariffs, trade bullying, and open disregard for international cooperation mark Trump’s new term. This comes at a time when the world is already struggling—with wars, the aftershocks of the pandemic, and growing inequality....
It is not tariff which we should worry about. It is the non-tariff barriers and policies everyone should worry about.
It is interesting to see the havoc created by the tariffs announced by Donald Trump, who became President for the second time after a loss in 2020.
Trade Deals or Traps? | Finance Matters, 14 March 2025 | Editorial
Is India being pressured into trade deals that could weaken its own industries? The US is pushing India to sign a broad macro trade agreement instead of making minor tariff adjustments while also questioning...
From Privacy Invasion to Economic Strain! | Finance Matters, 07 March 2025 | Editorial
The Income Tax Bill, 2025 is raising serious concerns about privacy and government overreach.
India & Global Finance: An Annual Review (2023-24)
The first issue of India & Global Finance: An Annual Review for 2023-24 comes at a juncture where, on the one hand, India is flexing its muscle to be a global leader and on...
Trade deficits hit $111 billion in November 2022 – up by 135%
Import barriers are self-inflicted wounds which is not only disabling the fourth growth engine – exports – but also increasing forex outflows
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