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Sankalpa Bhattacharjee

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10 years on, UPI has sent the bill

India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has entered its second decade by acquiring something it was designed to suppress: a transaction price. From...

24.09.2026 20

The Statesman

Sankalpa Bhattacharjee

Task ahead is to grow while curbing inflation

India’s economy grew 7.8 per cent during Q1 FY27, comfortably eclipsing RBI’s own 7 per cent forecast. The temptation is to read this as an...

15.09.2026 20

The Statesman

Sankalpa Bhattacharjee

RBI’s neutrality is not passive

On 5 August 2026, the Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) unanimously decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 5.25 per cent...

09.08.2026 30

The Statesman

Sankalpa Bhattacharjee