India’s ageing population is rising steadily, but pension coverage remains shallow in a labour market where informal work still dominates. Read more »
Trump’s tariffs may raise barriers, but they cannot rebuild US manufacturing capability, skills, and supplier ecosystems. Read more »
As India’s GDP base year resets to 2022-23, here’s what changes in deflators, data sources, and interpretation. #GDP Read more »
Floods contaminate water, diarrhoea follows, and malnutrition turns deadly, but India’s response still treats these as separate. #malnutrition Read more »
India’s caste census debate reveals a constitutional tension: measuring inequality without hardening caste identity in public life. Read more »
The key risk to India’s FY26 GDP growth is not slowdown in one quarter, but uneven public capital expenditure and weak external demand. #GDP Read more »
Union Budget 2026-27 doubles down on capex and tech-led growth, but outcomes hinge on job quality and delivery. #Budget2026 #capex #youth Read more »
ALMM, tech upgrades, and financing-led exports will shape India’s solar module manufacturing future after the 126% US countervailing duty. #solarmodule Read more »
Record patent filings suggest an expanding research ecosystem, but with only a fraction granted and even fewer commercially worked, scale may be outpacing substance. Read more »
The 16th Finance Commission kept vertical devolution at 41% but changed the horizontal formula, altering the politics of India’s north-south fiscal debate. #FinanceCommission Read more »