INDIAN EXPRESS DATED 26th May 2026

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INDIAN EXPRESS DATED 26th May 2026.

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1.      Sitharaman’s “3F” concerns: fuel, fertiliser and foreign exchange

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman highlighted “three Fs” — fuel, fertiliser and foreign exchange — as India’s major external economic concerns amid the West Asia crisis. She said high crude prices, “unimaginable” fertiliser-price increases and rising gold imports are creating pressure on the external front. Her logic is that these pressures are largely imported, while India’s domestic economy remains resili