Migrant labour welfare

Migrant labour welfare needs portable benefits

Migrant labour welfare is now central to industrial productivity, urban planning, and India’s manufacturing ambitions. #labour #migrant #welfare Read more »
NHIS 2026

NHIS 2026 and India’s search for reliable income data

NHIS 2026 could reshape welfare, poverty and inequality measurement, but informality remains the biggest obstacle. #incomesurvey Read more »
RBI monetary policy

RBI monetary policy faces West Asia oil shock test

West Asia tensions have turned oil prices into a test of credibility for RBI monetary policy and its inflation-targeting framework. Read more »
Women micro-entrepreneurs

Women micro-entrepreneurs need markets beyond credit

Social commerce can help women micro-entrepreneurs convert local trust into wider market access. #MSMEs Read more »
VB-G RAM G

VB-G RAM G: Rural jobs guarantee faces fiscal test

VB-G RAM G shifts rural employment funding from demand-driven spending to normative allocations, raising concerns over state capacity and worker rights. #jobs #MGNREGA Read more »
disclosure norms RBI,

RBI disclosure norms seek sharper view of bank risks

RBI’s proposed Pillar 3 disclosure norms call for sharper, standardised disclosures on capital, liquidity and risk across banks. #RBI #Banking Read more »
copper imports

Copper import surge exposes India’s mineral policy gaps

India’s copper imports have crossed Rs 1 trillion, exposing weak mining, refining and exploration capacity. #Cooper #criticalminerals Read more »
fertiliser subsidy

Why fertiliser subsidy reform is vital for Indian agriculture

India needs phased reform as urea price controls have made fertiliser subsidy fiscally open-ended and environmentally costly. #urea #fertiliser Read more »
Delhi-NCR labour unrest

Delhi-NCR labour unrest exposes failure of industrial relations

Violent labour unrest may win short-term relief, but they weaken workers’ bargaining power and invite state repression. #labour Read more »
India Semiconductor Mission, ISM 2.0, semiconductor supply chain

India Semiconductor Mission enters its hardest phase

The next phase of India semiconductor mission must move from project approvals to a real semiconductor ecosystem built on suppliers, skills and process discipline. #semiconductor Read more »