Category: Policy Hub

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

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

In December 2025 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj organised the PESA Mahotsav. This reaffirmed the Government’s commitment towards effective implementation of the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996, and strengthening grassroots self-governance in Scheduled Areas. Union Minister of State for Panchayati Raj, Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel, addressed the two-day PESA Mahotsav (23–24 December… Continue reading Strengthening Governance at Grassroot level

Early this week the India–European Union Free Trade Agreement (India–EU FTA) concluded at the 16th India–EU Summit, marking a milestone in India–EU economic relations. It is the largest trade agreement that two trade partners have ever concluded. This comes at a time when the US has been unilaterally spoiling its relationship with several trading partners,… Continue reading India–EU FTA: What’s in store for both trading partners?

In late December 2025, the Ministry of Jal Shakti’s review of the scheme Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari 2.0 (JSJB) focused not just on its progress, but on how responsibilities are divided and executed, how different departments work in tandem, and how the scheme’s progress is monitored. On 29th December, the Union Minister of Jal Shakti… Continue reading The Role of Institutions in Policymaking and Governance