arctic ice melt

How climate change is reshaping Arctic geopolitics

Melting ice is opening new shipping routes and resource frontiers, turning the Arctic and Greenland into focal points of great-power competition. Read more »
policy circle image

India-US trade deal: Which farm products enjoy tariff cuts

The interim India-US trade deal keeps agriculture products mostly outside the framework, but the real risk lies in a few tariff lines, not a broad import surge. Read more »
Gujarat’s digital food currency pilot

Can digital food currency address PDS design flaws

Gujarat’s digital food currency pilot will use e-rupee coupons for PDS entitlements, but can it ensure failure-proof delivery at ration shops? #PDS #Ration #Gujarat Read more »
Municipal Finance

Municipal finance is India’s urban faultline

India’s urban present and future are being strangled not by lack of ambition, but by the collapse of municipal finance, accountability and autonomy. #MunicipalFinance #governance Read more »
The new CPI series impact

New CPI series: Inflation may look steadier after rebasing

The new CPI series broadens services coverage and strengthens housing inflation measurement, including rural rent collection. Read more »
BRICS de-dollarisation drive

BRICS de-dollarisation: What the numbers show and don’t

BRICS de-dollarisation is strongest in Russia-linked corridors and weakest where deep markets and convertibility are required. Read more »
IT Rules Amendment

IT Rules Amendment: 3-hour takedown rule tests platform moderation

IT Rules Amendment's takedown timeline may curb irreversible harms, but they also risk opaque censorship and higher entry barriers for smaller platforms. #ITrules Read more »
India's demographic dividend

Demographic dividend: India must move workers out of low-productivity work

Turning India's demographic dividend into growth requires better healthcare, quality education, and a manufacturing push that fixes MSME disadvantages. #demographicdividend #youth Read more »
revenue deficit grants scrapped

Scrapping revenue deficit grants could deepen centre-state fault lines

The 16th Finance Commission’s proposal to scrap revenue deficit grants may hurt weaker hill and northeastern states, and may revive ad hoc dependence on Delhi. Read more »
Doomsday Clock was set to 85 seconds to midnight

Doomsday Clock at 85 seconds: What changed in 2026

The Doomsday Clock was set to 85 seconds to midnight on January 27, 2026, reflecting a tighter global risk environment and weaker guardrails. Read more »