Bengaluru Metro fares are not the decisive lever many policymakers assume; last-mile reliability decides commuter choices. Read more »
The country has rushed to embrace artificial intelligence. Its impacts on jobs, the electrical grid and water availability need to be taken into account. Read more »
Currency in circulation hit a record ₹40 lakh crore in January 2026 despite UPI clocking about 21.7 billion transactions worth ₹28.33 lakh crore. #UPI Read more »
The India-EU FTA will deliver only if India fixes the unglamorous plumbing of trade: interoperable, legally valid paperless processes across borders. #India-EUFTA #FTA #trade Read more »
Melting ice is opening new shipping routes and resource frontiers, turning the Arctic and Greenland into focal points of great-power competition. Read more »
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 will use e-rupee coupons for PDS entitlements, but can it ensure failure-proof delivery at ration shops? #PDS #Ration #Gujarat Read more »
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 broadens services coverage and strengthens housing inflation measurement, including rural rent collection. Read more »
BRICS de-dollarisation is strongest in Russia-linked corridors and weakest where deep markets and convertibility are required. Read more »