Economy

India's diamond processing industry is awaiting more details about a G7 move to trace the origins of the precious stones.
Trade

India braces for G7 Russian diamond restrictions

Impact on Indian trade to be limited at first but could grow as ban broadens

21 December 2023
India, the world's largest democracy, heads to the polls in 2024. The country is expected to continue its rise as an economic powerhouse.
Markets

India's ascent to continue as China slows: Wall Street 2024 forecast

Investors stay bullish on Japan despite anticipated monetary policy shift

20 December 2023
A cafe in Ho Chi Minh City: Vietnam's distinctive coffee filters and "ca phe sua da" have become a cultural export. (Photo by Lien Hoang)
Food & Beverage

Latest buzz: India and Vietnam to lead Asia's growth in coffee consumption

Region's move beyond tea linked to urbanization and more disposable income

10 December 2023
A bull statue at the Bombay Stock Exchange. India's benchmark Sensex index ended Friday at a record high.
Markets

India, Taiwan stocks draw emerging-market investors as China slumps

Growth hopes lift Sensex to record; U.S. rate cut chatter boosts other currencies

9 December 2023
The Reserve Bank of India has upgraded its outlook for the nation's economic growth.
Economy

India central bank lifts annual GDP forecast to 7% on strong demand

Reserve Bank keeps key interest rate unchanged for 5th straight meeting

8 December 2023
Rice planting on the outskirts of Ahmedabad: Employment is growing in India but most of the gains are in agriculture and rural construction rather than more productive sectors.
Opinion

Few are benefiting from India's rapid GDP growth

Large companies enjoy perks while burdens on small business rise

4 December 2023
Laborers work at a construction site for India's Ahmedabad-Mumbai High Speed Rail corridor in May, as the government ramps up infrastructure spending. 
Economy

India posts 7.6% GDP growth on brisk infrastructure spending

Figure for July-September quarter surpasses forecasts

30 November 2023
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel says his state provides "additional incentives" to semiconductor makers. (Photo by Shigeru Seno)
Economy

Indian state calls for Japanese chip and hydrogen investments

Gujarat 'creating requisite infrastructure': Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel

29 November 2023
Yogi Adityanath, chief minister of India's Uttar Pradesh state and a Hindu monk, often makes public appearances wearing an orange robe. (Photo courtesy of the state of Uttar Pradesh)
Politics

Modi's potential successor aims to create Indian defense sector hub

Chief of Uttar Pradesh state bets on BrahMos cruise missile to achieve goal

20 November 2023
Household financial savings can be encouraged in India by ensuring easy access to banking services.
Opinion

India cannot afford to let its savings rate keep slipping

Economy in need of more funds to support investment

10 November 2023
Reserve Bank of India Gov. Shaktikanta Das speaks to Nikkei Asia in Tokyo on Nov. 9. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
Interview

RBI Gov. Das says India's economy can rise above 'complex' geopolitics

Central banker says developed status in reach by 2047 despite global 'fragmentation'

9 November 2023
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit New Delhi this week for the annual 2+2 ministerial dialogue with their counterparts S. Jaishankar and Rajnath Singh.
Your Week in Asia

U.S.-India 2+2, Pacific Islands Forum, China Singles Day 'war'

Your weekly lineup of Asia's biggest business and political events

5 November 2023
A Senegalese farmer carries freshly harvest eggplants: India and Africa can strengthen agribusiness ties by channeling funds into agrotechnology.
Opinion

India is driving change by working together with Africa

Modi has taken lead in championing trade and investment links with the continent

2 November 2023
India's new import monitoring system for computers and other selected IT hardware takes effect Nov. 1. (Source photos by Kosaku Mimura and Ken Kobayashi)
Trade

India launches IT hardware import management system: 5 things to know

Monitoring of PCs and tablets follows uproar over plan to impose restrictive licensing

1 November 2023
"No other part of the world will see such a big growth opportunity" as India, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal told Nikkei on Oct. 27. (Photo by Shigeru Seno)
Interview

Japan firms should not 'miss bus' on India, commerce chief says

New Delhi ready to roll out 'red-carpet treatment' for companies that invest

28 October 2023
A model of Hindustan Aeronautics' Sukhoi-30 MKI twin-seat fighter at an exhibition in Visakhapatnam, India in March: Stock analysts are bullish on the outlook for defense companies.
Opinion

India is shooting for the moon with its arms-making push

Drive to increase local defense production and exports faces challenges

26 October 2023
People wait to board trains at the Shanghai Hongqiao railway station ahead of the National Day holiday in Shanghai.
Economy

China growth forecasts downgraded by IMF as world economies diverge

India and other emerging Asia markets lead in growth while Japan's outlook improves

10 October 2023
The surging rice prices were triggered by India, the world's largest rice exporter, which banned export of its crop amid increasing demand for rice as an alternative to wheat.
Economy

On topic: How do rising rice prices affect Asia?

A collection of stories to catch up on a recent hot topic

8 October 2023
Indian women plant rice in Midnapur, 150 kilometers west of Kolkata in eastern India.
Agriculture

Higher rice prices may trigger another global wave of food anxiety

India's export ban and bad weather threaten to cause further increases

6 October 2023
A port along the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok: Lackluster exports are dragging down Thailand's economic forecast.
Economy

Malaysia and Thailand GDP outlooks cut as China slows: JCER

Economists also warn that El Nino's swelter will impact India and Indonesia

29 September 2023
Garment workers cut fabric at a textile factory in Hindupur, India. Despite a total population of around 1.4 billion, relatively few people from India work or study in Japan.
Comment

India unlikely to solve Japan's labor shortage

Language hurdles and low salaries make other countries more attractive

26 September 2023
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, greets Foxconn Chairman Young Liu at a semiconductor conference in Gandhinagar, India in July. 
Opinion

India is serious about becoming a global electronics hub

While policy tensions remain, subsidies and reforms prove government commitment

25 September 2023
Demonstrators protest on top of a police tear gas truck after they entered the Presidential Secretariat premises, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 9, 2022.
G20 Summit

With China in mind, G20 agrees to boost lending at India summit

Bloc of major economies hopes financing will enhance influence in Global South

10 September 2023
ＡXiaomi store in Mumbai: The phone maker has seen its offices raided for alleged foreign exchange violations and some of its bank deposits seized by Indian authorities.
Opinion

Foreign investors just aren't sold on India

FDI is falling as companies still find competitors like Vietnam more attractive

5 September 2023
Construction workers build the Ahmedabad-Mumbai High Speed Rail corridor in Ahmedabad, India in May: Heavy spending on infrastructure is fueling the economy.
Economy

India GDP growth hit 7.8% in April-June, fastest in a year

Economy accelerates on services, capex but coming months may bring headwinds

31 August 2023