India needs digital infrastructure

India needs digital infrastructure for buildings

Digital infrastructure covering building and land records could cut approval delays, infrastructure clashes and lending against unauthorised assets. #land #digitalinfra Read more »
Iron ore production

Iron ore production needs to match steel expansion pace

India's steel output is growing twice as fast as iron ore production, exposing the industry to a widening raw-material constraint. Read more »
India’s Olympics ambitions

India’s Olympics ambitions can gain from British sporting know-how

UK-India sports partnership could help in achieving India's Olympics ambitions and build sporting institutions that outlast the 2036 Games and boost its medal tally. #Olympivs #India #UK Read more »
Private universities

Private universities face a test beyond placements

India needs private universities to expand access, but campuses, rankings and placement figures are poor measures of academic quality. #education Read more »
RBI’s crypto ban

RBI’s crypto ban deserves more economic scrutiny

Public choice economics exposes the institutional interests behind the RBI’s crypto ban and its opposition to private digital assets. #RBI #crypto Read more »
nuclear power reactor

India’s nuclear power ambitions confront the limits of execution

India needs licensed nuclear power reactor designs, firm orders and credible costs to turn its 100 GW target into generating capacity. Read more »
Slum demolitions in Nepal

Nepal’s slum demolitions spark human rights outcry

Slum demolitions in Nepal have displaced thousands, turning a promise of land reform into a human rights crisis. Read more »
Delhi air pollution plan

Delhi air pollution plan may still fall short

Delhi air pollution plan 2026 acts before GRAP, but weak PUCC checks, dust control and regional coordination could blunt its impact. #Airpollution #GRAP Read more »
human knowledge AI regulation

AI needs a knowledge dividend for the human work it uses

AI rules cover safety and copyright, but not the financing of the knowledge system that trains commercial models. Read more »
Heatwave, labour rights

Heatwaves not just an environmental issue, but also a labour rights issue

The government advises employers to provide water and rest during heatwaves, but workers still lack binding protection from extreme heat and wage cover. #heatwave #labour Read more »