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India’s cities are projected to contribute nearly 70% of national GDP by 2036, according to a World Bank estimate. This number is striking, but India’s metropolitan tier 1 cities still contribute the most and receive the most policy attention. Public investment, grants, and schemes often follow the same pattern. Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata,… Continue reading India’s Urban Growth Is Moving Beyond Metro Cities
You Don’t Need a Master’s, You Need the Right Certificate! India’s new regulatory architecture quietly makes the certificate the most agile, honest, and professionally powerful credential in public policy, if you know how to use it. India’s Tiered Credential Architecture India’s higher education system is undergoing a generational transformation. The UGC Regulations 2025, anchored in… Continue reading Public Policy Education in India: Choosing the Right Credential
Professor Anjali Adukia’s Fifth Harris Lecture: A Recap What comes to mind when you think of “a scientist,” “a leader,” or even “a hero” from a fairy tale? For many of us, those images were shaped long before we consciously reflected on them, through the books we read as children. These early narratives quietly shape… Continue reading How AI Detects Bias in Children’s Books and Textbooks
Public Service Delivery in India: Are Systems Working for Citizens? India measures public service delivery by outputs: hospitals built, schemes launched, beneficiaries enrolled. But citizens judge the state by their daily experience, not outputs. Yet for citizens, the state is not endured through outputs; it is experienced through processes. The wait at a clinic, the… Continue reading A System That Works: Or One That Makes People Work?
Public policy is a set of laws, regulations, directives, and budget allocations that governments or their representatives put in place to achieve public good goals. This process is an iterative one, with many players involved, leading to a policy determined by various interests and options. This also means that government policies are continually changing. As… Continue reading Public Policy Formulation in India: Process, Steps & Role of Parliament (2026 Guide)
The North-East is urbanising differently than the rest of India, and this distinction is its greatest opportunity. Across India’s eight North-Eastern states, a consequential shift toward urban life is underway. The region is home to 45.7 million people, spread across challenging terrain with a population density of just 175 per sq km, less than half… Continue reading Urbanization in North-East India: A New Frontier for Growth
Indian cities are growing fast and expanding outward, leading to longer and longer commutes, which in turn cause choking traffic, rising pollution, and infrastructure that cannot keep pace with population growth. If that were not bad enough, financing compatible infrastructure amid poorly financed urban local bodies (ULBs) prevents sophisticated solutions from being implemented. Now imagine… Continue reading Making Cities Liveable Again: The Transit-Oriented Development Way
On World Health Day 2026, a case for putting community engagement at the centre of India’s health system. We live in an era blessed by astounding scientific advances, yet their uptake remains uneven in public health systems. Their benefits remain inadequately tapped for advancing population health and treating individuals who fall sick. Evidence-based guidance fails… Continue reading From Coverage to Trust: Rethinking India’s Health System
On 3 April 2026, the Delhi edition of The Indian Express carried a tragic news item. A young food delivery agent, while completing his last delivery around 2 am, was hit by a reportedly speeding Mercedes and was killed on the spot. A young life was prematurely lost. The Rise of Rapid Delivery Culture Unfortunately,… Continue reading Risk of Rapid Delivery
India has set itself a bold target: 30% electric vehicle penetration by 2030. We’re still far from that number. But over the past decade, the government has launched over a dozen schemes, poured hundreds of thousands of crores into the sector, and rewritten tax and infrastructure rules to speed up the transition. The idea is… Continue reading India’s EV Policy Puzzle: Incentivising Adoption or Building a Sustainable Ecosystem?
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