Economic Affairs Editor at Business Standard
Asit Ranjan Mishra is the Economic Affairs Editor at Business Standard. He focuses on a range of topics including economic policy, global and local economies, cryptocurrency, and financial markets, while also covering regional interests and world news. Asit has been featured in prominent publications such as Hindustan Times, LiveMint, Swarajya, and Rediff.com.
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Asit Ranjan Mishra's coverage focus is primarily on Indian economy, government policies, imports and exports, inflation, and international trade. He predominantly reports on government announcements and often cites data to support his articles.
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By: Asit Ranjan Mishra
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By: Asit Ranjan Mishra
The United States and the European Union have strongly criticised India's trade policies at the World Trade Organization review, highlighting concerns over high tariffs, quality-control orders (QCOs), and restrictions on digital trade and services, which they argue undermine India's economic openness.
By: Asit Ranjan Mishra
Nitin Desai says India's reform ideas predated 1991, but the bigger challenge now is boosting manufacturing and new businesses to create jobs and move workers out of agriculture
By: Asit Ranjan Mishra
WTO review exposes trade concerns among BRICS partners, with China, Indonesia and Brazil seeking greater predictability and fewer barriers in India's trade regime
By: Asit Ranjan Mishra
BRICS raises concerns over unilateral tariffs and trade barriers, backs WTO-led multilateralism and explores local-currency payments and emerging financial technologies
By: Asit Ranjan Mishra
BRICS members have expressed 'serious concerns' over the unilateral imposition of trade and finance-related measures, including higher tariffs and non-tariff barriers, stating these actions distort trade and are inconsistent with WTO rules. The grouping also highlighted elevated risks to the global economic outlook due to geopolitical tensions, trade fragmentation, and protectionism.
By: Krity Ambey Asit Ranjan Mishra
BRICS leaders stopped short of endorsing concrete steps on payment-system interoperability and local-currency trade, leaving India's long-running push without a firm action plan
By: Asit Ranjan Mishra, Krity Ambey
India's proposal to link BRICS payment systems, including central-bank digital currencies (CBDCs), was notably absent from the grouping's New Delhi Declaration, despite being a key agenda item for India's chairmanship. This omission leaves the 16-year effort for trade in local currencies without a settled payment architecture, with the declaration only 'acknowledging' the work of the BRICS Payment Task Force.
By: Asit Ranjan Mishra, Krity Ambey
India's proposal to link BRICS payment systems, including central-bank digital currencies (CBDCs), was notably absent from the grouping's New Delhi Declaration, despite being a key agenda item for India's chairmanship. This omission leaves the 16-year effort for trade in local currencies without a settled payment architecture, with the declaration only 'acknowledging' the work of the BRICS Payment Task Force.
By: Asit Ranjan Mishra
As India's economic weight and import demand rise, WTO members are increasingly scrutinising how its tariffs, export curbs, QCOs and domestic regulations affect global markets
