education trap in India

India’s education trap begins with unequal access

Government schools remain crucial to mobility, but closures, costs and unreliable examinations could create an education trap in India. Read more »
Civil service training

Civil service training in India needs a second reform

India’s civil service training now reaches millions, and the next challenge is turning course completion into judgement, expertise and better deployment. #civilservices Read more »
Surplus liquidity

Surplus liquidity could complicate RBI’s next rate hike

Rising surplus liquidity has pushed overnight rates below the repo rate, reviving debate over RBI’s incremental CRR tool. #RBI #liquidity Read more »
Dollar decline

Dollar decline tests the limits of US dominance

Trump’s tariffs, debt and sanctions are fuelling a slow dollar decline even as the greenback remains the world’s dominant currency. #Trump #dollar Read more »
family businesses

Why family businesses thrived after the 1991 reforms

India’s family business now dominate listed-company revenues, and their post-1991 rise shows how liberalisation rewarded scale and adaptation. #business #BombayClub Read more »
basmati exports

India’s basmati exports boom faces a West Asia problem

India’s basmati exports are booming, yet West Asia concentration, falling realisations and sanctions pose a growing challenge. #exports #basmati Read more »
River-linking plan

River-linking plan needs a data backbone

India’s river-linking plan needs a digital layer linking hydrology, forecasts and state decisions before large inter-basin transfers begin. Read more »
Energy transition

Energy transition can reshape India’s industrial investment

Falling solar and storage costs are weakening the case for new coal and changing the economics of India’s energy transition. #energy #coal #solar Read more »
clean energy transition

India’s clean energy transition needs a stronger grid

India’s clean energy transition has entered a harder phase as storage, transmission and distribution determine renewable power use. #cleanenergy Read more »
lawfare strategy

India needs a lawfare strategy for a harder world

The Indus Waters Treaty dispute shows why India needs a coordinated lawfare strategy to defend its interests and shape international rules. #lawfare Read more »