NPS reform

NPS reform tests the limits of pension liberalisation

The NPS reform is entering a decisive phase as exit flexibility improves, but investment liberalisation places new...
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

divestment, disinvestment

Disinvestment: Capital recycling is an untapped fiscal lever

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

GDP growth

India’s GDP growth masks a shift towards debt dependence

IMF projections reveal that India’s GDP growth relies more on borrowing and foreign inflows as domestic savings...
American foreign policy under trump

How a new America threatens states’ territorial sovereignty

Budget 2026

Budget 2026: Welfare up, income durability still elusive

exercise for women

Why exercise must be a priority for women in midlife

Budget 2026

Budget 2026: MSMEs expect solution to frictions, not more schemes