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What will it really take to put zero-emission trucks on India’s highways, and who will pay for the infrastructure to charge them? India has 175,000 electric charging stations but only 9,000 of them can actually charge a truck. This single fact captures the scale of the challenge ahead. This gap is not just a logistical… Continue reading The Bottleneck Nobody’s Talking About: Financing EV Freight in India
Universal health assurance (UHA) is a more ambitious framework than traditional universal health coverage (UHC). It suggests access to essential services without financial hardship. Also, guarantees that people can count on their health system through shocks, crises and over the course of their lives. The SDG-3 goals emphasise leaving no one behind; pushing countries to… Continue reading Reimagining Health Financing for Universal Health Assurance
In February 2026, the Government of India highlighted new steps under the IndiaAI Mission to expand access to artificial intelligence infrastructure for the larger benefit of society. Currently, more than 38,000 GPUs (Graphics Processing Unit) are being made available at ₹65 per hour, while the AIKosh platform hosts over 7,500 datasets and 273 models for… Continue reading India’s AI Push: Building State Capacity for Technology Governance
Central banks are built to do one thing well: keep prices stable. Yet climate change is increasingly forcing a second, uncomfortable question onto their agenda — how to support the capital-intensive transition to renewable energy without letting inflation run loose. For the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), this tension is not theoretical. It is playing… Continue reading How Central Banks Square the Circle: Supporting Renewable Infrastructure While Maintaining Price Stability
On 15 March the Naman Awards rolled out in Delhi to recognise domestic and International cricket players from India was very special. Members of all five winning Indian teams were invited alongside BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) dignitaries and ICC (the International Cricket Council) chairman Jay Shah. The BCCI Naman Awards are… Continue reading Decoding India’s Cricket Success: The Role of Policy, Governance and Investment
The rate of unemployment or joblessness in the country among persons aged 15 years and above rose moderately to 5% this January from 4.8% in December 2025, according to the government’s periodic labour force survey released in February. The latest Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data also reflect a lower labour force participation rate (LFPR)… Continue reading G RAM G Act for Viksit Bharat: Reforming Rural Employment Policy in India
Last week the Indian Government revised the base year for computing annual and quarterly National income and its components. The new series of annual and quarterly National Accounts Estimates has adopted base year 2022–23, replacing the previous series with base year of 2011–12. Base year revision is undertaken periodically across economies and is typically considered… Continue reading Revised base year to improve India’s outlook
A Recap of the Harris Lecture Series at ISPP For decades, the international policy consensus has been simple: if you have a job and a full stomach, you’re not going to snatch a gun. But as we experienced in our recent Harris Lecture Series session, the reality is so much more nuanced. Dr. Rebecca J.… Continue reading Rethinking Political Violence
This month, the macroeconomic conversation in India has centred on liquidity: year-on-year bank credit is expanding at 13.1% while deposits are growing at 10.6%. This has pushed the system-wide credit-to-deposit ratio to an all-time high of 82.2%. While these numbers might sound alarming and suggest signs of stress, research indicates they actually reflect the normal… Continue reading Understanding India’s Business Cycles: What the Research Tells Us
The Union Budget 2026-07 for the education sector at Rs1.39 lakh crore is an increase of 8.27% over BE 2025-26 and is aimed at empowering youth with focus on education, employment and future-ready skills for realising the goal of Viksit Bharat. The focus on the Department of School Education and Literacy through imparting practical knowledge… Continue reading Skilling and being industry ready are need of the hour in higher education
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