NPS reform

NPS reform tests the limits of pension liberalisation

The NPS reform is entering a decisive phase as exit flexibility improves, but investment liberalisation places new...
Kerala’s local bodies

Kerala’s local bodies need better accounting practices

Delhi air pollution crisis

Delhi air pollution crisis a failure of prevention, not prediction

divestment, disinvestment

Disinvestment: Capital recycling is an untapped fiscal lever

Budget 2026 MSMEs

Budget 2026 treats MSMEs as infrastructure, not beneficiaries

Union Budget 2026-27 focuses less on MSME subsidies and more on lowering the costs of compliance, capital,...
Budget 2026, City Economic Regions

Budget 2026: Urban policy evolves from smart cities to City Economic Regions

education budget, demographic dividend

Education budget: India’s demographic dividend meets a half-hearted push

infrastructure push

Budget 2026-27 doubles down on infrastructure push

American foreign policy under trump

How a new America threatens states’ territorial sovereignty

US action against Venezuela and threats to Cuba, Colombia, Mexico and Canada mark a new low in...
Budget 2026

Budget 2026: Welfare up, income durability still elusive

exercise for women

Why exercise must be a priority for women in midlife

Budget 2026

Budget 2026: MSMEs expect solution to frictions, not more schemes

China's economy shows signs of slowdown

Record trade surplus masks weakness of China’s economy