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Amitabh Kant

The Times of India

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The coming of age of India’s industrial policy

In 2025, India’s smartphone exports crossed a threshold that should change how India thinks about industrial policy. With exports of about ₹2.6...

friday 10

hindustantimes

Amitabh Kant

4 things India needs to do to qualify for the 2034 FIFA World Cup

A credible 2034 World Cup challenge must begin with being objective about where Indian football stands and being confident about what can be built.

21.07.2026 30

ThePrint

Amitabh Kant

Why CDSCO and BEE have not kept pace with the industries they oversee

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02.07.2026 20

The Economic Times

Amitabh Kant

In the AI age, India has four advantages few countries can match

Winners are usually those who build durable ecosystems at the moment when technology becomes broadly usable. India still has that window, but it will...

01.07.2026 10

Indian Express

Amitabh Kant

In the AI age, India has four advantages few countries can match

01.07.2026 20

Indian Express

Amitabh Kant

In the AI age, India has four advantages few countries can match

01.07.2026 20

Indian Express

Amitabh Kant

To bring the world, sell India better: The $200 million fix India needs to unlock a tourism windfall

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08.06.2026 20

The Economic Times

Amitabh Kant

EVs in India have moved on subsidies. Delhi policy shows clearer path

11.05.2026 30

Indian Express

Amitabh Kant

Don't put InvITs, REITs on the MAT

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08.05.2026 30

The Economic Times

Amitabh Kant

Strait truth: India must hasten energy transition

The global crisis triggered by the war in West Asia has yet again highlighted the fragility of energy supply chains. The almost immediate casualty of...

19.04.2026 40

hindustantimes

Amitabh Kant

West Asia impetus for India’s EV transition

The ongoing West Asia crisis is an important warning on India’s energy dashboard. India imports over 87% of its crude oil requirements, and more...

06.04.2026 30

hindustantimes

Amitabh Kant

India’s next reform push must target cost of doing business

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03.04.2026 20

The Economic Times

Amitabh Kant

West Asia war is a warning. It is also a window to securing India’s energy

27.03.2026 30

Indian Express

Amitabh Kant

West Asia war is a warning. It is also a window to securing India’s energy

27.03.2026 30

Indian Express

Amitabh Kant

In the West Asia crisis, a chance to build resilience

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has caused oil prices to reach $100 per barrel and disrupted gas supplies. The current crisis in West Asia serves...

16.03.2026 50

hindustantimes

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‘If it works for India, it’ll work globally’

20.02.2026 40

The Times of India

Amitabh Kant

What Uttar Pradesh means for the India Story

13.02.2026 50

The Economic Times

Amitabh Kant

India’s cloud moment must be its clean-power moment

11.02.2026 20

hindustantimes

Amitabh Kant

India’s opportunity in cleantech manufacturing

20.01.2026 40

hindustantimes

Amitabh Kant

Refining India’s future in critical minerals

13.01.2026 40

hindustantimes

Amitabh Kant

‘2025 a year of reforms for trust, simplicity & predictability’

29.12.2025 80

The Times of India

Amitabh Kant

Can India's renewable energy surge deliver reliable power or will the grid collapse?

23.12.2025 30

The Economic Times

Amitabh Kant

‘Epstein class’ cuts deep on both sides of political divide in America

23.12.2025 30

Indian Express

Amitabh Kant

Amid fresh turmoil, Bangladesh’s interim government is floundering

23.12.2025 30

Indian Express

Amitabh Kant

Sreenivasan nudged Malayalis to look at themselves, and laugh

23.12.2025 40

Indian Express

Amitabh Kant

For a choking Delhi, going electric is the way out

23.12.2025 30

Indian Express

Amitabh Kant

India is No 1 on global doping list. It must clean up

23.12.2025 40

Indian Express

Amitabh Kant

‘Epstein class’ cuts deep on both sides of political divide in America

23.12.2025 20

Indian Express

Amitabh Kant

Amid fresh turmoil, Bangladesh’s interim government is floundering

23.12.2025 20

Indian Express

Amitabh Kant

Sreenivasan nudged Malayalis to look at themselves, and laugh

23.12.2025 20

Indian Express

Amitabh Kant

For a choking Delhi, going electric is the way out

23.12.2025 30

Indian Express

Amitabh Kant

Why India’s tourism sector needs a regulatory rethink

If India truly seeks investment, jobs, and global recognition, deregulation must be its new tourism policy

19.12.2025 40

hindustantimes

Amitabh Kant

An axis of good in climate diplomacy

At Belém, India’s focus on equitable finance, technology access, and practical partnerships reflected the growing maturity of climate diplomacy 

30.11.2025 30

hindustantimes

Amitabh Kant

‘India’s G20 Presidency Showed How To Solve World’s Polycrises’

21.11.2025 50

The Times of India

Amitabh Kant

Deregulation as a tool to discipline the State

The Indian State has often treated deregulation as a form of administrative housekeeping

19.11.2025 40

hindustantimes

Amitabh Kant

Why sports need to be a national priority sector

A healthy, skilled, resilient and confident population is the engine of any advanced economy. Sport delivers on each of these outcomes simultaneously

05.11.2025 30

hindustantimes

Amitabh Kant

Express View: India shouldn’t be worried by Pakistan-US ties

28.10.2025 40

Indian Express

Amitabh Kant

Express View: AI disclosure draft rules — a move in the right direction

27.10.2025 50

Indian Express

Amitabh Kant

Creating discord between religious communities with ‘unsaid words’? Allahabad HC decision is anti-free speech

27.10.2025 40

Indian Express

Amitabh Kant

America is closing. India needs better cities to attract the best talent

27.10.2025 30

Indian Express

Amitabh Kant

Reimagining QCO framework offers the next critical frontier for Indian industries

26.10.2025 20

The Economic Times

Amitabh Kant

India’s EV transition: Standards that threaten the nation’s mobility future

Revised CAFE norms risk pushing India backward. They need to be fixed

15.10.2025 60

hindustantimes

Amitabh Kant

Made in India AI, for India and the world

If India doesn’t develop aatmanirbharta in AI, our future may involve having AI services powered by our own data, but owned by others, and then sold...

01.10.2025 50

hindustantimes

Amitabh Kant

Gen Viksit needs to start young

19.09.2025 30

The Economic Times

Amitabh Kant

Post-GST, the 10 reforms India needs in Trump times

09.09.2025 20

The Times of India

Amitabh Kant

Time for a raft of reforms to make fintech sector leaner, more inclusive and resilient to risks

27.08.2025 20

The Economic Times

Amitabh Kant

Reform the economy to defeat tariff threat

India, being the world’s fastest-growing large economy, driven by a decade of structural reforms, innovation and investments, is far from being a...

15.08.2025 50

hindustantimes

Amitabh Kant

A road map to mitigate Delhi’s pollution crisis

Policymakers have offered only temporary band-aids to the pollution crisis. Bureaucracy, overlapping authority, and political apathy have failed the...

07.08.2025 50

hindustantimes

Amitabh Kant

Beyond tariffs: Reforms India needs to seize the global economic moment

01.08.2025 30

The Economic Times

Amitabh Kant

Critical minerals are a strategic asset – India must not fall behind

25.07.2025 30

Indian Express

Amitabh Kant