Indian city roads suffer from potholes, waterlogging, and repeated breakdowns. This policy brief outlines a five-year plan combining national standards, state funding, and city-level execution to improve road quality, drainage, accountability, and citizen satisfaction.
India’s entrepreneurial culture is shifting from job security to risk-taking and innovation. This essay traces India’s business history, from ancient guilds to the startup era, and outlines steps needed to embed entrepreneurship into society at large.
India is now the world’s third-largest startup ecosystem with over 117,000 recognised ventures. Government policies like Startup India, Seed Fund, Digital India, and Stand-Up India have lowered barriers and encouraged innovation across sectors. This article explains the journey, impact, of government policies that kick-started India’s entrepreneurial culture.
India’s infrastructure has undergone a revolution under the Modi government. From record highway construction to modernised railways, new airports, and mega projects like Bharatmala and Sagarmala, investment has surged to 3.1% of GDP. This article tracks the scale, facts, and figures behind India’s transformation.
The GST rationalisation is expected to boost India’s GDP growth by 0.2–1.2% in FY25–26. By lowering prices and encouraging consumption, it strengthens domestic demand, offsets tariff pressures, and simplifies compliance — a crucial reform for India’s growth story.
India’s chronic underinvestment in jet engine development has left it dependent on foreign suppliers for its most critical airpower technology. This policy essay chronicles the journey from the Marut and Kaveri to today’s GE dependence, and argues why this is the single biggest strategic mistake in India’s military modernization.
Sustained improvement in Sino-India ties is unlikely without fundamental political change in China. Yet, India can pragmatically use both China and the United States as counterbalances, ensuring its strategic autonomy in a multipolar world.
The imposition of tariffs by the United States on select imports poses both immediate risks and long-term challenges for India’s export-oriented growth. Given the United States’ role as India’s largest single export destination, tariff escalation can disrupt key sectors, weaken competitiveness, and affect employment. This note outlines a comprehensive set of policy measures that India can adopt to mitigate these […]
Land acquisition remains one of the most contested issues in Kerala’s development journey. The state’s dense population, fragmented landholding patterns, and high levels of political consciousness have made the process highly complex. While infrastructure and industrial projects are essential for Kerala’s growth, the inability to acquire land fairly and efficiently has often delayed or derailed them. Addressing these issues requires […]
Rethinking Research and Development in India: Challenges and Pathways to Renewal
India spends only 0.7% of GDP on R&D, far below global leaders like China and South Korea. This article explores the historical, social, and economic reasons for India’s R&D gap and lays out a roadmap for boosting innovation, from funding and academia–industry collaboration to talent retention and global partnerships.