Budget 2026

Budget 2026: Need ‘quality of solace’ proposals

Budget 2026 will be judged less by numbers and more by how it manages social stress, investor confidence and governance risk. #Budget Read more »
Kerala’s local bodies

Kerala’s local bodies need better accounting practices

Kerala’s local bodies have strong legal frameworks, but weak use of accrual accounts continues to undermine accountability. #Kerala Read more »
Union Budget 2026

Budget 2026 must fix public health delivery gaps

Union Budget 2026 must choose between incremental expansion of health schemes and repairing the foundations of public health delivery. #UnionBudget2026 Read more »
India’s airfare surge pricing

Airfare surge pricing tests India’s competition framework

India’s airfare surge pricing shows how algorithms and concentration can undermine competition in essential services. Read more »
US withdrawal from WHO

US withdrawal from WHO is a strategic health failure

The US withdrawal from WHO weakens global health coordination while exposing deep, unresolved failures in America’s own pandemic response. #WHO Read more »
India seeks to emulate Europe’s tourism success

Tourism could become India’s top strategic services export

Europe’s tourism success rests on institutional coordination, a lesson India has yet to apply despite vast assets. Read more »
India-EU FTA

India-EU FTA and the emerging global economic power

The India-EU FTA reflects a strategic recalibration by two large economies navigating a more fragmented and protectionist global order. #India #EU #FTA Read more »
Delhi air pollution crisis

Delhi air pollution crisis a failure of prevention, not prediction

Delhi air pollution crisis repeats every year; the real failure lies in a governance system that reacts too late and prevents too little. #airpollution #GRAP Read more »
Indian MSMEs

India’s MSMEs need systems, not more schemes

Europe’s manufacturing success shows that MSMEs thrive not on subsidies, but on strong ecosystems of finance, skills, and clusters. Read more »
MGNREGA

MGNREGA recast: Why the mission model risks rural jobs

G RAM-G's mission framework weakens demand-driven guarantees under MGNREGA, and shifts costs to state governments. #MGNREGA Read more »