scheme rationalisation budget 2026

Scheme rationalisation is a test of India’s fiscal reform

As the Budget 2026 nears, the planned scheme rationalisation will reveal whether India is serious about expenditure...
Migrant women

Older migrant women falling through India’s urban policy gaps

rare earths

Rare earths expose limits of India’s indigenisation push

trade policy, export competitiveness, trade deregulation India

Trade policy reveals confidence — and a competitiveness problem

India-US Trade deal

India-US trade deal keeps stalling despite strategic warmth

India-US trade deal is on cards, but tariffs, politics, and domestic constraints on both sides continue to...
India's Russian oil imports

India, Russian oil and the risk of US trade coercion

Indo-German partnership

Indo-German partnership matters more in fragmenting global economy

services sector

Services sector slowdown signals limits of price-led growth

global value chains

India in global value chains: Progress, gaps, and policy choices

India’s strength in services is reshaping its role in global value chains, even as manufacturing depth remains...
carbon markets

Carbon markets can drive India’s growth and net-zero goals

organoids vs animal testing

Organoids set to replace animal testing in biomedical research

US raid of Venezuela

Regime change in Venezuela and the crisis of global order

AI governance regulation India

India could lead a third way in AI governance