banking reforms in India

Banking reforms must go beyond Viksit Bharat branding

The real challenge for banking reforms is not weak balance sheets, but ownership, supervision, digital regulation and...
state debt

Rising state debt: Welfare politics meets fiscal limits

flexible staffing

Flexible staffing model needs stronger labour safeguards

sin taxes, tobacco taxation

Why sin taxes work better than anti-smoking warnings

Peterson study on India GDP mis-estimation

India GDP mis-estimation debate deserves a serious hearing

India GDP mis-estimation is no longer a fringe claim but a serious policy question about how growth...
oil shocks

Oil shocks and crashes: Where are we headed with the 2026 crisis?

digital trade agreements

Digital trade agreements will test India’s data sovereignty

Trump tariffs

Trump tariffs and the new grammar of global trade

sin taxes, tobacco taxation

Why sin taxes work better than anti-smoking warnings

Tobacco use does not respond to price the way normal consumer goods do, but sin taxes still...
cost of social media use

How social media turns attention and data into profit

oil shocks

Oil shocks and crashes: Where are we headed with the 2026 crisis?

digital trade agreements

Digital trade agreements will test India’s data sovereignty

social media ban karnataka

Karnataka’s social media ban idea misses the crisis in childhood