Safe System Approach

Safe System Approach can cut India’s road deaths

The Safe System Approach designs roads and vehicles around human error instead of blaming road users after every crash. #roaddeaths Read more »
malnutrition

AI can sharpen India’s fight against malnutrition

AI can identify nutrition risks sooner, but data errors and weak frontline services could blunt its value. #malnutrition Read more »
Examination reforms

Examination reforms must go beyond plugging paper leaks

India’s examination reforms should protect question papers and reduce the grip of one-shot tests on education and mobility. #NEET #exams Read more »
Keran and Marwah NITI

Keran offers lessons in last-mile governance

Keran and Marwah offer practical lessons for delivering healthcare, education and other services in India’s remote border blocks. Read more »
India’s farm crisis

India’s farm crisis is now showing up on the dinner plate

India’s cereal-based food system protects against hunger but does far less for India's farm crisis that affects incomes and dietary quality. #food #farm Read more »
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 »
economic reforms, 1991 liberalisation

Thirty-five years after, economic reforms confront a new constraint

The 1991 economic reforms helped India become the world’s fifth-largest economy, but weak state capacity now limits productivity, investment and job creation. #liberalisation #economicreforms Read more »
Easier FDI rules

Easier FDI rules will not solve India’s investment problem

India’s new FDI rules may cut compliance costs, but weak supply chains and slow courts still deter long-term investment. #FDI 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 »
Cash transfers to women

Cash transfers to women are working; it’s time to take them up a notch

As cash transfers to women become permanent in state budgets, the focus must shift from political appeal to measurable economic empowerment. #cashtransfers Read more »