Rural healthcare

Rural healthcare needs stronger links across the system

India’s rural healthcare reforms will work only if medicines, diagnostics, ambulances, referrals and insurance function as one system. #healthcare Read more »
IRDAI EoM limits crackdown

IRDAI EoM limits crackdown tests insurers’ cost discipline

IRDAI is tightening enforcement of EoM limits as the industry wrestles with high distribution and customer-acquisition costs. #insurance Read more »
South Asia plastic waste problem

South Asia plastic waste problem needs a PPP solution

For South Asia, plastic waste is an implementation problem which will require better PPPs that can connect regulation, finance, recycling and accountability. #platic Read more »
Airport privatisation

Airport privatisation must pass a competition test

India’s airport privatisation plan needs competition safeguards based on traffic share, not simply the number of airports. #privatisation #aviation Read more »
Nature finance in India

Nature finance in India needs bankable projects first

A project preparation facility could turn India’s restoration potential into credible projects capable of attracting nature finance. #finance #nature Read more »
Census 2027

Census 2027 can rebuild India’s statistical foundation

Census 2027 can update India’s demographic base, improve public spending and reshape debates over caste, welfare and delimitation. #Census Read more »
Indian National Congress leadership

Indian National Congress needs a generational reset

Indian National Congress can gain from youth discontent only if it reforms leadership, rewards performance and gives younger leaders real power. Indian National Congress, Congress leadership crisis, Congress party generational change, Congress youth... Read more »
rupee trade

Rupee trade gets easier, but the hard part remains

DGFT has widened rupee trade settlement rules, but deeper markets, hedging and useful investment options will decide adoption. #rupee Read more »
Swachh Bharat

Swachh Bharat’s next test is safe sanitation

Twelve years after the Swachh Bharat call, India must shift from counting toilets to delivering safe, reliable sanitation services. #SwachhBharat Read more »
India’s climate adaptation plan

Climate adaptation needs rules that trigger early action

India’s climate adaptation plans need measurable triggers that release funds and assign responsibility before disasters escalate. Read more »