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Ajit Ranade

Mint columnist

Ajit Ranade is a Pune-based economist

ARTICLES BY AJIT RANADE

The fallout of the hostilities: Over a hundred people already killed, cities plunged into fear, critical infrastructure damaged and diplomacy left in the rubble. (AP)

Ajit Ranade: West Asia’s upheaval intensifies India’s challenges of geopolitics

5 min read . 15 Jun 2025

EVs, high speed rail, industrial robots, 5G and renewable energy are China’s success stories. (REUTERS)

Ajit Ranade: The success of ‘Made in China 2025’ alarmed the West

4 min read . 02 Jun 2025

The implication for India is serious. (Pixabay)

Ajit Ranade: Decode Trump’s trade strategy for India’s own game plan

4 min read . 18 May 2025

Even as RBI manages monetary policy within the inflation-targeting framework, it is not a central bank with a single mandate. (Bloomberg)

Ajit Ranade: RBI’s increasing fiscal support deserves a closer look

4 min read . 06 May 2025

Geopolitics is changing the world’s trade patterns drastically. (Getty Images via AFP)

Ajit Ranade: India must diversify its exports of manufactured goods

4 min read . 21 Apr 2025

The great Paul Samuelson, shortly before his death said that trade theory based on comparative advantage has limitations. (AFP)

Ajit Ranade: The decline of trade orthodoxy and rise of anti-free-traders

4 min read . 07 Apr 2025

India has consistently been among the world’s top importers of gold.

Ajit Ranade: Hedge sovereign gold bonds but do not discontinue them

4 min read . 24 Mar 2025

We have a great opportunity to increase the production of cotton, soybean and pulses, if only genetically modified versions are allowed to be grown. (Bloomberg)

Ajit Ranade: India must formulate a strategy to boost agricultural exports

4 min read . 10 Mar 2025

Dollar-buying is indicative of a desire to move away from reliance on the dollar as a reserve currency.

Ajit Ranade: Much of today's gold buying frenzy reflects a move away from dollar

4 min read . 24 Feb 2025

The woes of a sharply falling exchange rate are partly to be blamed on trade policies of US President Donald Trump. (REUTERS)

Ajit Ranade: Trump’s policies offer India a pretext to reset import tariffs

4 min read . 10 Feb 2025

The stimulus was probably triggered by a palpable slowdown in urban consumption. (Indranil Bhoumik)

Ajit Ranade: The budget’s consumption stimulus will stand India in good stead

4 min read . 02 Feb 2025

Cracks began to be seen 20 years ago. REUTERS (REUTERS)

Trump’s second presidency signals the end of the Washington Consensus

4 min read . 20 Jan 2025

The delicate dance between the three variables of inflation, interest rates and the exchange rate is a major headache for policymakers.

Ajit Ranade: Rupee depreciation is inevitable but exchange-rate volatility isn't

4 min read . 06 Jan 2025

The economic reforms unleashed in 1991 are some of Singh’s most prominent legacies as finance minister. (HT_PRINT)

Ajit Ranade on Manmohan Singh: Scholar, gentleman, great son of India

3 min read . 27 Dec 2024

We need to earn enough foreign exchange consistently for the next decade to pay for crucial imports.

Ajit Ranade: India needs more sectors to be reliable dollar earners

4 min read . 23 Dec 2024

Policies to limit family size are being pursued in India even as nearly half of all states have reached a TFR of 2.1 or below. (Pradeep Gaur/Mint )

Ajit Ranade: Demography is destiny: A law that cannot be challenged

4 min read . 09 Dec 2024

RBI has much ground to cover before inflation stabilizes at the targeted level.

Ajit Ranade: Inflation control holds primacy as an objective for RBI

4 min read . 25 Nov 2024

Trade intensity among RCEP parties has increased, with the China-plus-one strategy of global investors benefitting Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia.

India should reconsider its rejection of the RCEP trade bloc

4 min read . 11 Nov 2024

Since 1991, the share of states’ revenues paying for pensions has gone up from 7.9% to 27.4%.

Ajit Ranade: A truly secure nest egg is one that’s fully funded

4 min read . 02 Sep 2024

Of the 65.4 million enterprises, 82.6% have an annual turnover of less than ₹5 lakh.

Small businesses still outside the formal structure? There exist challenges.

4 min read . 19 Aug 2024