After decades of cautioning against state-led industrial policy, the World Bank now acknowledges its role in shaping growth, innovation, and economic transformation.
TK Arun
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The war in West Asia is beginning to weigh on economic activity, with rising crude oil prices and supply-side uncertainties affecting demand and sentiment.
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India's insolvency framework has transformed credit culture, but recent cases raise pointed questions about whether process is displacing purpose.
Nilanjan Banik
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What is an electrostate model, what does it require, and why does it offer a more resilient path than the one India is currently pursuing?
Sharmila Chavaly
New research links skewed sex ratios to marriage markets, dowries and relative wealth, showing why growth alone hasn’t corrected gender bias.
Amitrajeet A. Batabyal*
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The “asymmetric cost” model—a war the US starts will ultimately cost the other side far more—has proven vital to sustain the illusion of American invincibility and to limit domestic political resistance to US military adventurism. Now, Iran has broken it.
Brahma Chellaney
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Rising crude, a weakening rupee and widening deficits threaten India’s growth momentum, exposing vulnerabilities in inflation, trade and GDP outlook.
Smita Roy Trivedi
Abhiman Das
Another plug-and-play park arrives. We have seen this before. What did it deliver?
Sharmila Kantha
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Around 90% of India’s pharmaceutical exports to the US are generics
Ajay Srivastava
India’s new trade agreements promise market access and export growth, but the fine print carries commitments that quietly narrow its policy space.
Surendar Singh
Culture shapes how risk is lived, not just managed. Supervisors who ignore it miss the deepest root cause of institutional failure and misconduct.
Rabi N. Mishra
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Populism is reshaping capitalism, expanding state power while weakening institutions. As markets grow politicised, the balance between democracy, governance, and economic freedom faces a critical test.
R. Gurumurthy
Curbs on NDFs and rebooking may steady the rupee in the near term, but risk widening onshore-offshore gaps and unsettling foreign investors
V Thiagarajan
AI has made a big bang entry into legal work but with more promise than performance. World over, courts continue to rap the knuckle of those who keep blind faith
Reform Compass
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Speeding up gas pipelines risks locking India into a 20th century energy model, even as renewable capacity waits for transmission and PPAs. The real choice is clear: extend fossil dependence or invest in grids, electrification and storage to become an electro-state.
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As UPI absorbs low-ticket flows, credit cards are being disintermediated at the surface but entrenched beneath as embedded credit rails.
Ganga Narayan Rath and Chirayu Sharma
Lower prices are not enough. Certification, wiring upgrades, grid strength and gas allocation choices will determine whether India’s cooking transition reduces or shifts stress.
Michael Patra is an economist and former RBI Deputy Governor.
Arun is a seasoned writer on economic and policy matters.
Abheek is an Independent Economist and the Former Chief Economist at HDFC Bank.
Ajay Srivastava is the founder of the Global Trade Research Initiative.
Vijay Singh Chauhan, a former IRS official, is a Senior Visiting Fellow at ICPP, Ashoka University
Dhananjay, a D-School alum, is CEO and Co-Head of Equities at Systematix Group.
Kriti is a psychologist specialising in mental health, org behaviour, and brand strategy
Srinath is an author, corporate advisor, and independent director on corporate boards.
Ex-civil servant Chavaly held key Railways, Finance roles; specialises in infra & PPPs
Nilanjan Banik, Professor at Mahindra University, specialises in trade and development economics.
Sachin was till recently an MD with Standard Chartered Bank.
Rajesh Mahapatra is the former Editor of The Press Trust of India
Krishnadevan is Editorial Director at BasisPoint Insight.
Chandra advises companies on big-picture narratives on strategy and markets.
Kalyan Ram co-founded Cogencis. He now leads BasisPoint Insight.
Gurumurthy is an ex-central banker who handled markets, and later, financial stability for RBI.
Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain is a former Commander of India’s Kashmir Corps.
Arvind Mayaram, former Finance Secretary, is Chairman of the Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur.