business correspondent model

Business Correspondent network is failing financial inclusion

Fraud is rising not in boardrooms but in rural banking touchpoints where business correspondent incentives are misaligned. Read more »
rise in intellectual property filings

Intellectual property in India: Growth in filings, gaps in outcomes

India’s intellectual property filings are rising fast, but enforcement and quality gaps persist mar commercialisation and ownership. Read more »
India South Korea ties

India-South Korea ties: Closing divergence, forging partnership

South Korea’s economic growth model offers practical lessons for India’s manufacturing drive. Read more »
LPG prices

LPG price shock exposes India’s clean cooking gap

Rising LPG prices risk reversing gains in clean household energy use, and exposes dependence strain in India’s clean cooking push. #LPG Read more »
Informal sector jobs

Viksit Bharat needs a different MSME playbook

India’s path to Viksit Bharat depends on decentralised growth, policy reform and a sharper understanding of the MSME ecosystem. #ViksitBharat #MSME Read more »
floods and heatwaves

Heatwaves and floods expose India’s urban policy gaps

Climate shocks in the form of heatwaves and floods are now imposing real economic and human costs on Indian cities. Read more »
private universities

Private universities must redesign for outcomes, not scale

India’s private universities are rebooting to face competition, and outcomes will define their credibility in education. #privateuniversities Read more »
US military bases

Hormuz disruption and the rising risk to sea trade

The Hormuz disruption that followed the Iran war shows how fragile global trade is when chokepoints are weaponised. Read more »
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 »