scheme rationalisation budget 2026

Scheme rationalisation is a real test of India’s fiscal reform

As the Budget 2026 nears, the planned scheme rationalisation will reveal whether India is serious about expenditure...
Migrant women

Older migrant women falling through India’s urban policy gaps

rare earths

Rare earths expose limits of India’s indigenisation push

trade policy, export competitiveness, trade deregulation India

Trade policy reveals confidence — and a competitiveness problem

India's Russian oil imports

India, Russian oil and the risk of US trade coercion

A US threat of 500% tariffs over Russian oil exposes India’s energy and trade vulnerabilities, and the...
Indo-German partnership

Indo-German partnership matters more in fragmenting global economy

services sector

Services sector slowdown signals limits of price-led growth

Budget 2026

Budget 2026: Rural incomes are India’s weak spot

US raid of Venezuela

Regime change in Venezuela and the crisis of global order

Its neighbours have been largely silent or supportive of the US raid that captured Venezuela's Maduro, but...
AI governance regulation India

India could lead a third way in AI governance

Migrant women

Older migrant women falling through India’s urban policy gaps

workplace mental health

Workplace mental health crisis is structural, not personal

Bengaluru water crisis

Bengaluru water crisis calls for circular water governance