budget 2022

Budget 2022 may shift focus to asset management

Budget 2022 may increase funding for maintenance and prioritise it over construction for a specified period to preserve the assets already created. Read more »
Vaccine hesitancy in rural india

Vaccine hesitancy in rural areas threatens India’s Covid-19 response

Poor health infrastructure, digital divide, low literacy levels and misinformation about Covid-19 have resulted in vaccine hesitancy that could derail the Covid response in rural India. Read more »
budget 2022 pharmaceuticals industry

Atmanirbhar Bharat push can further pharmaceutical industry’s global advantage

India’s pharmaceutical industry is the third largest in the world by volumes, but most pharma inputs are imported from China, Germany and the US. Read more »
economic survey

Budget 2022 must focus on demand, jobs, reforms

The Budget 2022 comes at a time when the Indian economy is facing one of the worst financial crises since Independence. Read more »
India's four labour codes

Labour codes implementation to face delays as states struggle to frame rules

The four labour codes -- the Code on Wages, Industrial Relations Code, Social Security Code and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code -- will replace more than 100 laws currently... Read more »
telecom, trai

Indian economy 2022: Striving for self-sufficiency, growth

Indian economy can achieve its ambitious goals through deft use of policy tools for industry, FDI and foreign trade. Read more »
public health outcomes

Public health: Profit motive, state inaction dictate outcomes

Optimal public health outcomes require policymakers and public health practitioners to hold powerful commercial actors responsible for their actions. Read more »
Union budget 2022 and global minimum tax

Union Budget 2022 may sidestep two-pillar solution

As the model rules for legislation to implement the two-pillar solution are not ready, Union Budget 2022 may not have proposals on the global minimum tax. Read more »
sustainable development debate

Sustainable development: Climate change, Covid force changes in economic priorities

Sustainable development of energy and financial sectors will become the focus of economic growth discourse. Read more »
gig economy needs worker protection

Gig economy: India should ensure legislative protection to workers

Efforts should be made to establish employer-employee relationship in the gig economy and terms of employment and conditions of service for workers should be clearly spelt out. Read more »