Microfinance

Microfinance faces credit stress as delinquencies surge

India's microfinance sector grapples with rising defaults, shrinking loan books, and cautious lending amid mounting repayment stress. #microfinance #financialinclusion Read more »
China's national security concerns

China’s national security white paper blends power projection and paranoia

China’s national security white paper casts the US as a threat and repositions Beijing as a stable global anchor for investors and allies. Read more »
solar energy

Solar energy: India’s power grid faces new risks from RE surge

As India’s solar energy capacity soars, grid operators grapple with volatility and the duck curve, exposing cracks in power system readiness. #solarenergy #power #grid #renewablenergy Read more »
northeast India needs investment, social harmony

Northeast India’s economic revival hinges on social harmony

A mix of infrastructure investments, peace accords, and private capital influx is redefining the narrative for the long-marginalised northeast India. #Northeast #ActEast #policy #economy Read more »
Road accident

Road safety a fiscal imperative, not a traffic problem

Treating road safety as core development policy, not a transport afterthought, could unlock major economic gains and power India’s growth ambition. #roadsafety #roadaccidents Read more »
Harvard visa ban implications for the US

Harvard visa ban: America turns guns on its own crown jewel

#Trump administration's Harvard visa ban jolts markets and diplomacy alike, dimming the very beacon that draws global talent to the US. #softpower #ucla #cambridge #oxford #visaban Read more »
India's rural economy

India’s rural economy grows—but farmers still struggle

Strong harvests and government schemes are lifting rural economy, but deep structural challenges remain for India’s farming economy. #ruraleconomy #agriculture #RBI Read more »
10-year bond yield

US-India bond yield gap narrows to 1.6%, repricing risk

A 73% compression in the 10-year bond yield gap since 2013 shows investors now price India closer to developed-market risk. #Bond #US #RBI Read more »
India GDP growth and states

India GDP leap: Strong state economies key to India’s race to $14k incomes

India must harness the growth engines of its best-run states and lift laggards if it hopes to raise per-capita GDP six-fold by its centenary year. Read more »
labour codes

Stalled labour codes imperil India’s economic growth ambitions

Without clear timeliOnes or worker safeguards, the labour codes' promise of simplified compliance remains rhetoric, unsettling both industry and unions. #labourcodes #labourlaws #policy #IL Read more »