delimitation

Delimitation math behind Lok Sabha expansion falls short

The delimitation plan that entails a 50% Lok Sabha expansion could worsen representation disparities across states. #LokSabha #delimitation Read more »
supply chains

From supply chains to systems: India’s path to global influence

Economic power is increasingly shaped by integrated systems of supply chains, institutions, and networks and India’s long term advantage will rest on aligning these layers into a globally embedded architecture. #economy Read more »
renewable energy output

India’s renewable energy push hides distributional costs

India’s renewable energy surge masks land, labour and equity costs that policy has yet to address. Read more »
AT1 bond

AT1 bonds return to haunt India’s banking system

The Credit Suisse AT1 bond episode shows how weak disclosure and poor suitability checks can hurt investors. #AT1bond #banking Read more »
Corporate governance challenges

Corporate governance and sustainability need individual commitment

Corporate governance fails when incentives reward evasion and make honesty harder for firms and managers. Read more »
women’s reservation bill fails parliamentary hurdle

Women’s reservation fails its latest political test

Parliament backs the idea, but disagreement over delimitation blocks implementation of women's reservation again. Read more »
Jan Vishwas Bill:

Jan Vishwas Bill: Easing compliance, diluting accountability?

The Jan Vishwas Bill shifts health regulation from courts to administrators, and enforcement capacity will be its real test. #JanVishwasBill Read more »
Aadhaar authentication failures

Aadhaar authentication failures trigger an invisible exclusion crisis

Aadhaar authentication failures affect over 20 million Indians each month, yet this problem remains invisible in policy design. #Aadhar Read more »
decentralisation lessons from iran war

What Iran’s resilience reveals about decentralisation, collective action

Decentralised systems can endure only when sustained by a larger sense of meaning, but the meaning itself must remain alive through debate and the possibility of disagreement. Read more »
heat stress

Extreme heat stress draining India’s gig workforce

The heat stress is cutting gig worker incomes, hurting their productivity and weakening consumption across the Indian economy. #heatstress #gig Read more »