state capex

State capex slowdown threatens India’s growth prospects

Low state capex utilisation shows the real constraint to India's economic growth is governance, not fiscal space. #capex Read more »
India's Textile exports

India’s textile exports need more than tariff relief

The trade deal with the US matters, but factory level competitiveness will decide the future of India’s textile exports. #textile Read more »
PNG adoption

PNG adoption rises amid disruption, but choice still matters

Iran-linked fuel disruptions have hastened PNG adoption in India, but infrastructure gaps and coercive signals remain a concern. #PNG Read more »
US superpower status

US superpower status will be diminished by any Iran exit

Even a graceful US exit from Iran would expose the limits of military primacy and weaken US superpower status. #Iran #US Read more »
Beggars Corporation

Beggars Corporation tests an enterprise model for poverty

Varanasi's Beggars Corporation argues that beggary can be reduced by investment, ownership and formal work rather than alms. #poverty Read more »
India fertiliser imports

India’s fertiliser imports hit by Iran war’s quiet shock

India must redesign its structures of dependence on external sources of fertiliser imports, in the face of the ongoing Gulf war. Read more »
April RBI MPC meeting

RBI MPC meeting faces growth-inflation trade-off

The RBI MPC meeting will test whether India can contain imported inflation without choking growth. Read more »
WTO, digital trade rules

WTO ecommerce moratorium sharpens India’s trade concerns

India’s resistance to the #WTO ecommerce moratorium reflects deeper concerns over revenue, policy space and digital trade asymmetry. Read more »
rare earth

India’s rare earth push needs more than strategic urgency

India’s rare earth corridors could cut import dependence, but only if policy gets federalism, processing and environmental safeguards right. #rareearth Read more »
real economy

Real economy, hidden behind the numbers

Do our metrics fully quantify the real economy, and the costs that shape everyday decisions and national competitiveness? #economy Read more »