Budget 2022 should make some effective policy interventions to address the unemployment crisis and generate decent, meaningful livelihood opportunities. Read more »
Budget 2022 should address inadequate funding for the monitoring of schemes in health and education, two sectors key to India realising demographic dividend. Read more »
The COVID-19 pandemic hit the Indian economy when it was yet to recover from the twin shocks of demonetisation and GST rollout. Read more »
Ever since the liberalisation of its economy in 1991, India was seen as an economic superpower in the making. But a series of badly conceived reforms threatens to derail the Indian Economy. Read more »
The state health index is a useful tool to track performance of states and Union territories and promote healthy competition. Read more »
Budget 2022 may increase funding for maintenance and prioritise it over construction for a specified period to preserve the assets already created. Read more »
Poor health infrastructure, digital divide, low literacy levels and misinformation about Covid-19 have resulted in vaccine hesitancy that could derail the Covid response in rural India. Read more »
India’s pharmaceutical industry is the third largest in the world by volumes, but most pharma inputs are imported from China, Germany and the US. Read more »
The Budget 2022 comes at a time when the Indian economy is facing one of the worst financial crises since Independence. Read more »
The four labour codes -- the Code on Wages, Industrial Relations Code, Social Security Code and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code -- will replace more than 100 laws currently... Read more »