Poor data quality

Poor data quality can undermine welfare schemes

India needs highest data quality and stronger accountability as poor beneficiary records and weak local surveys can...
Kerala Senior Citizens Bill

Kerala Senior Citizens Bill must guarantee enforceable rights

3D-printed weapons

3D-printed weapons expose a gap in India’s arms law

UPI MDR charges

UPI MDR charges must balance financial viability and inclusion

gig platforms

India’s gig platforms weaponise information asymmetry

India recognises gig platforms economy in its social security framework, but data gaps and weak algorithmic oversight...
India’s poverty gains

India’s poverty gains are real, but economic security remains elusive

Retail inflation

Retail inflation surge puts RBI’s growth priorities to test

Luxury market

Luxury market growth reveals limits of headline consumption

tobacco taxes and industry push

How Big Tobacco’s political influence is growing.

Secret lobbying, political donations and regulatory loopholes fuel industry efforts to slash tobacco taxes despite mounting public...
gig platforms

India’s gig platforms weaponise information asymmetry

Kerala Senior Citizens Bill

Kerala Senior Citizens Bill must guarantee enforceable rights

President Trump and India-US trade

India should not turn Trump’s trade battle into a political cause

US green card and Indian IT companies

What US green card policy really costs India’s IT industry