![India's arctic policy dilemma](https://i0.wp.com/www.policycircle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/arctic-policy-10.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1)
India’s Arctic policy faces a strategic dilemma in the context of the Western sanctions on Russia because of its several pending projects with Moscow. Read more »
![Human development index](https://i0.wp.com/www.policycircle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/census-20210.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1)
Delayed Census 2021 and increasingly fuzzy data blur visibility for researchers and policy makers. Read more »
![whatsapp spam calls](https://i0.wp.com/www.policycircle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/digital-loan-100.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1)
The digital lending guidelines announced by RBI will protect borrowers by ending malpractices prevalent in the digital lending ecosystem. Read more »
![Women in science, covid-19](https://i0.wp.com/www.policycircle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/microbes10.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1)
The new drugs bill has done away with some tough penal provisions covering quality of drugs and clinical trials. Read more »
![gold demand in india, gold smuggling](https://i0.wp.com/www.policycircle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/gold10.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1)
Gold demand and prices usually rise during times of economic turbulence, but the outlook looks uncertain this year. Read more »
![labour shortage, migrant](https://i0.wp.com/www.policycircle.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/india-capital-goods.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1)
Between 1993 and 2012, Indian GDP grew at an annual average rate of 7%, but the top 1% earners walked away with about 30% of national income, leading to higher income inequality. Read more »
![India frittering away its demographic dividend](https://i0.wp.com/www.policycircle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/vyas10.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1)
Policy should address the issue of demographic dividend – India is producing a large labour force that needs to be employed gainfully. Read more »
![india retail, reliance retail, RIL, inflation](https://i0.wp.com/www.policycircle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/consumer-10.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1)
The government’s consumer protection efforts should strike a balance the between the health of the economy and the wellbeing of consumers. Read more »
![Income inequality and multidimensional poverty in India](https://i0.wp.com/www.policycircle.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/water-crisis.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1)
India’s poorest states need to revamp their development strategies to bridge the widening inequality with the developed states in the southern and western regions. Read more »
![vpn guidelines violate data privacy norms](https://i0.wp.com/www.policycircle.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/information-technology-SMBs.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1)
The VPN guidelines in the current form go against the spirit of the provisions of the Data Protection Bill which is yet to become law. Read more »