What Climate Change Challenges Is India Facing? Climate change is causing more frequent and severe impacts on India’s environment, economy, and society. The country faces challenges like heat waves, floods, and declining groundwater levels. Heatwaves, in particular, have had costly effects on people’s well-being and the economy. Floods have also resulted in significant damage, affecting… Continue reading Can Public Policies Help In Combating Climate Change
Abstract How do economic growth, enhanced inclusion and participation in national-level politics, and majority support for ethnic rebel outfits impact the human cost of insurgencies in India’s Northeast region (NER)? Exploiting panel data of the ‘Seven Sister’ states from 2000-2019, I employ Poisson fixed-effects regression models to analyse these relationships. To address endogeneity concerns, I… Continue reading Exploring Determinants of Insurgency-Related Casualties in Northeast India, 2000-2019
According to official statistics, there are 31,846 railway level crossings (road and rail at the same levels) on the Indian Railways network, of which 18,316 are manned and 13,530 are unmanned. The average comes out to be 49 level crossings per 100 kilometres in Indian Railways. These crossings cause traffic congestion, leading to delays and other related issues. Assuming that on any busy… Continue reading Leveraging Technology to Mitigate Traffic Congestion at Manned Railway Crossings in India
The National Health Policy is a government initiative to improve the healthcare system in India. It focuses on various aspects of healthcare, such as preventing diseases, promoting good health through different actions, investing in health, strengthening healthcare staff, using advanced technology, and more. Introduced in 2017, the National Health Policy replaces the old policy from… Continue reading Challenges In The National Health Policy And The Contribution Of ISPP Scholars In Creating Effective Solutions
The Indian Constitution provides the framework for public policies, which the government implements at different levels – central, state, and local. Making policies in India involves many people, like civil society groups, experts, and the public. Recently, a focus has been on making policies based on evidence, using data to solve complex problems. According to… Continue reading Are You Interested In Learning The Science Of Policymaking? This Could Be Your Sign!
This policy brief discusses the needs, challenges and possible solutions to an effective Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) creation in India. The process of implementing ABHA across all states poses several challenges including engaging private players and state governments, managing interoperability issues and addressing technological issues. Raising awareness among citizens of the benefits to easy… Continue reading Challenges in Creating a Unified Health Record System in India: A Focus on ”ABHA”
Abstract The U.S. is on the verge of an unprecedented default as the White House and Congress disagree over increasing the debt ceiling, which was breached in January 2023. This article explains the debt ceiling crisis and its potential implications for India. It demonstrates that a U.S. default could impact India’s financial markets and foreign… Continue reading U.S. Debt Ceiling Crisis: Lesson for India?
On February 01, 2021, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced the Budget for FY 2021-22 in the Parliament. Budget announcements are always a highly anticipated event in India; this time the expectations were even higher for the government to provide a credible roadmap for recovery. However, ahead of the Budget, another bill rumored to be proposed… Continue reading Central Bank Digital Currencies – An Idea whose Time has Come?
Dr. Amir Ullah Khan is a Development economist and Professor at the MCRHRDI of the Government of Telangana. He is a Visiting Professor at TISS, Indian School of Business and at NALSAR in Hyderabad. Amir is a business columnist for LiveMint. Dr Khan has been a civil servant, then Deputy Director and Senior Advisor at… Continue reading In Conversation with Amir Ullah Khan
About the Episode – Providing services effectively is a key function that states often fail to deliver. There exist many reasons for this. However, a key reason is that there exist intermediaries who serve as gatekeepers for accessing services. Different middlemen exist for accessing various services, but they all share a common objective. In return for… Continue reading Episode 2 : Getting Rid of the Middlemen
