CPI overhaul

CPI overhaul could deepen gap between inflation data and reality

India’s CPI overhaul lowers the weight of food just as food prices dominate public anxiety — raising...
NPS reform

NPS reform tests the limits of pension liberalisation

Kerala’s local bodies

Kerala’s local bodies need better accounting practices

Delhi air pollution crisis

Delhi air pollution crisis a failure of prevention, not prediction

India-US trade deal

India-US trade deal: Tariff relief and trust deficit

India-US trade deal is finally materialising but deep fault lines over agriculture, digital rules and political unpredictability...
Budget 2026 MSMEs

Budget 2026 treats MSMEs as infrastructure, not beneficiaries

Budget 2026, City Economic Regions

Budget 2026: Urban policy evolves from smart cities to City Economic Regions

education budget, demographic dividend

Education budget: India’s demographic dividend meets a half-hearted push

Budget 2026

Budget 2026 counts gig workers, but stops short of protection

Budget 2026 acknowledges India’s gig workforce but avoids the fiscal and regulatory choices needed for redistribution. #gigworkers...
Budget 2026

Budget 2026: Export facilitation and MSME liquidity take centre stage

biodiversity loss in Asia Pacific

The economics of biodiversity loss: Implications for Asia and the Pacific

GDP growth

India’s GDP growth masks a shift towards debt dependence

American foreign policy under trump

How a new America threatens states’ territorial sovereignty