Rishi Raj

New Delhi

Executive Editor at Financial Express

Executive Editor at Financial Express. Tweets are personal and not the organisation's views. Retweets do not mean endorsement. A regular long distance runner

Articles

25% iPhones will be made in India by 2026

3 weeks ago | financialexpress.com | Rishi Raj

Apple is looking to shift more than 25% of the global iPhone production from China to India by the end of 2026, as the US’ tariffs and trade tensions with Beijing provide a clear advantage to India. At the end of FY25, India’s share in the global production of iPhones rose to 20%, from 14% in FY24. In a span of just four years, iPhone production in India rose from nil to 20%.
Economic enemies: Corporate biography becomes a narrative of the global tech war

3 weeks ago | financialexpress.com | Rishi Raj

Eva Dou’s House of Huawei arrives at a moment of intense global reordering, where technology, geopolitics and economic nationalism collide. The timing of this book couldn’t be more significant. It enters the public discourse in the aftermath of the US-China trade war that intensified under Donald Trump’s presidency.
Watchdog without a pause: Meet SEBI panel's new chief Pratyush Sinha - Market News

1 month ago | financialexpress.com | Rishi Raj

Pratyush Sinha may have retired from civil services in 2006 and ended his term as the Chief Vigilance Officer (CVC) in 2010, but the 1969-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer still continues to put in a hectic work day, all of which is pro-bono, even now.
Govt to amend Aadhaar law to align with data privacy Act

1 month ago | financialexpress.com | Rishi Raj

The government plans to amend the Aadhaar Act, 2016, to harmonise it with the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023. Electronics and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has urged the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which manages Aadhaar to plug the loopholes in the law once the DPDP rules are finalised and notified. The minister said that when the Aadhaar Act was formulated in 2016, there was no horizontal law for data privacy in the country.
Industry sees gains in electronics over China, Vietnam

1 month ago | financialexpress.com | Urvi Malvania |Rishi Raj

With a reciprocal tariff rate of 27% imposed by the United States starting April 9, India stands in a favourable position compared to competitors like Vietnam (46%), Thailand (36%), and China (54% – 34% reciprocal plus additional 20% ). However, it will face challenges from manufacturing nations such as Turkey, Brazil, and the Philippines, with duties of 10%, 10%, and 17%, respectively.
Our next target is to design software in India: Vaishnaw

1 month ago | financialexpress.com | Rishi Raj

Having completed the cycle of electronics manufacturing with the latest initiative of incentivising components, the government’s next step would be to focus on designing their software in the country, electronics and IT minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw told FE. “Once that happens, the backward and forward integration would be complete,” he added.
Rajeev Chadrashekhar Exclusive: 'I had a flourishing business until it was all destroyed" - Industry News

1 month ago | financialexpress.com | Rishi Raj

When Rajeev Chandrasekhar (RC) was first elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2006, he told this writer the reason behind his entry into politics. The techpreneur, who once helmed the thriving BPL Communications, didn’t mince words. “I had a flourishing business until it was all destroyed by the 2001 backdoor entry of Reliance Infocomm into the cellular telephony business,” he said.
Electronics exports to top Rs 3L crore

1 month ago | financialexpress.com | Rishi Raj

India’s electronics exports are set to cross the Rs 3-lakh-crore mark for the first time in FY25. Though the final numbers are yet to be announced, the April-February figures make it clear that the sector is all but certain to achieve the record. During the 11-month period, electronics exports touched Rs 2.87 lakh crore, up 35% from Rs 2.11 lakh crore during the corresponding period in the previous financial year.
Trai may restrict Starlink to mobile dark regions

2 months ago | financialexpress.com | Jatin Grover |Rishi Raj

With Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio forming strategic partnerships with Starlink, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is now expected to expedite its recommendations on satellite spectrum pricing. Sources said that the regulator will likely recommend that satellite companies initially focus on providing services in mobile dark areas — regions where terrestrial networks are unavailable.
The Arjuna moment for electronics

2 months ago | financialexpress.com | Rishi Raj

In its trade negotiations with US, India will do well to draw lessons from Japan’s rise and decline in semiconductors to maintain its trajectory in electronics manufacturing India stands at a crucial juncture in its economic, trade, and strategic relations with the US. President Donald Trump’s key demand is reduction in tariffs, and he has consistently maintained that India charges US massive tariffs, due to which the latter can’t sell anything here.