Aadhaar authentication failures

Aadhaar authentication failures trigger an invisible exclusion crisis

Aadhaar authentication failures affect over 20 million Indians each month, yet this problem remains invisible in policy design. #Aadhar Read more »
decentralisation lessons from iran war

What Iran’s resilience reveals about decentralisation, collective action

Decentralised systems can endure only when sustained by a larger sense of meaning, but the meaning itself must remain alive through debate and the possibility of disagreement. Read more »
SVAMITVA scheme

SVAMITVA scheme turns rural land into bankable collateral

Formal land titles under SVAMITVA scheme are lifting rural credit access, with stronger gains for women and backward classes. #land #ruralcredit Read more »
IT sector

IT sector still struggles with gender imbalance

Large-scale hiring of women in India's IT sector often masks weak retention at senior levels. #IT #TCS Read more »
heat stress

Extreme heat stress draining India’s gig workforce

The heat stress is cutting gig worker incomes, hurting their productivity and weakening consumption across the Indian economy. #heatstress #gig Read more »
India's steel demand

India’s steel demand growth faces capacity and cost risks

India’s steel demand surge is real, but capacity, cost and policy risks remain. #steel Read more »
Climate change

Climate change is deepening poverty in India

A new study shows climate change is not just an environmental threat; it is also making poverty deeper, more localised, and harder to escape. #climatechange #poverty Read more »
H-1B visa restrictions

H-1B visa crackdown exposes India’s dependence on US

Trump’s H-1B visa restrictions threaten remittances, mobility and India’s IT services model. Read more »
below-normal monsoon

Below-normal monsoon may unsettle India’s rural recovery

A below-normal monsoon may hurt rural demand, raise food inflation and complicate monetary policy. #monsoon #rural #economy Read more »
Trump’s Iran threats

Trump’s Iran threats will run into hard limits

President Trump’s Iran threats face hard limits: oil, law, allies and public opinion back home. #Trump #Iran Read more »