The MSME Bill tackles delayed payments, while costly credit and weak industrial infrastructure continue to restrain smaller firms. #MSMEBill Read more »
Closing schools and merging them can improve staffing, but rural access to education must be measured before governments claim savings. #schools #education #NEP Read more »
Energy consumption policy can overstate efficiency gains when it ignores habits, social norms and changes in consumer behaviour. #energy Read more »
Book Review | Insights from the Frontlines of Governance: Reflections of a Civil Servant by Suresh Kumar Read more »
India lets foreign retail ecommerce firms hold export inventory, with safeguards intended to keep the domestic retail barrier intact. #Ecommerce Read more »
Big Tech’s huge AI investments could entrench control over cloud computing, models and digital markets as US regulation retreats. #BigTech #AI Read more »
The new payments amendment does not impose UPI MDR, but gives the Centre room to decide which transactions should remain free. #UPI Read more »
India Semiconductor Mission 2.0 needs common project plans, trained workers, prepared sites and durable institutional records. #semiconductor Read more »
The RBI interest rate pause reflects uncertainty over oil prices, a weaker rupee and whether fuel inflation will spread across the economy. Read more »
Income tax (Amendment) Ordinance eases rules for offshore funds, electronics, data centres, diamonds and business trusts. #FDI Read more »