Economic policy

Economic policy must build India’s strategic power

Economic policy must move beyond absorbing shocks to build manufacturing, technology and institutions that can shape outcomes. #economy #policy Read more »
AI and sustainability

AI and sustainability: The cost behind the green promise

Governments and firms need measurable tests, efficient models and transparent reporting before scaling AI tools for sustainability. Read more »
India’s graduate unemployment

India’s graduate unemployment is more than a skills gap

India’s graduate unemployment crisis reflects job rationing, weak hiring systems and poor accountability across universities and employers. #unemployment Read more »
Super 301: US tariff

Super 301: US tariff gives India a narrow edge, at a price

Super 301 tariff spares 45% of Indian exports but raises costs for the rest and complicates India-US trade negotiations. #tariff Read more »
biodiversity spending outcomes

Biodiversity spending must pass outcomes test

India’s conservation efforts must be backed by biodiversity spending plans, common budget tags and stronger links between local bodies and public funds. Read more »
Japan’s rearmament

Japan’s rearmament is redrawing Asia’s security map

Japan’s rearmament is transforming it from a protected power into a security provider that exports arms, missiles and technology to regional partners. #Japan Read more »
India's green energy transition

India’s green energy transition runs into grid constraints

India’s green energy transition now depends less on new solar parks and more on transmission, storage and viable power distribution. #greenenergy Read more »
Digital protests, Algorithmic transparency

Algorithmic transparency key to digital democracy

Digital protests empower citizens, but misinformation and absence of algorithmic transparency demand stronger accountability from platforms. #protests Read more »
AI training data

AI training data raises a worker ownership question

Indian workers earn once for recorded labour while firms may reuse the resulting AI training data for years. #AI Read more »
Next phase of economic reforms

Next phase of economic reforms must tackle tariffs abroad

The next phase of economic reforms must negotiate global rules while making hard choices among consumers, firms, investors and regulators. #economicreforms Read more »