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To widen pension coverage in the informal sector, India must use existing infrastructure to its full extent. The mechanism in place for the NPS can be...
A reasonable question to include in poverty measurement exercises would be the extent to which a person can carve out a life outside of the tentacles...
The Indian government must reform its model of state ownership of DISCOMs. A more market-driven approach will improve autonomy, and financial...
A government can afford to make tough decisions in its early days. Resisting populist concerns, we need long-term reform such as broadening the tax...
The top 15 cities of India account for more than 60% of the total AUM. We still have a long way to go before the spread of financial products becomes...
We are used to thinking that banks typically lend to larger firms, and households borrow from the informal sector. It's time to revise these...
In India, only 17% of public sector banks and 25% of private sector banks claimed to have an internal strategy for integrating climate risks into...
Sanctions should define who qualifies as an “insider” and take stock of the severity of the violation.
In an environment where there is, often legitimate, mistrust between stakeholders—insurance firms, hospitals and patients—it is no surprise that...
Many states dedicate a large portion of their subsidies to free electricity, but the true financial burden doesn’t show up in budget documents.
If venture capital-backed funds lose money because of their inability to check for misappropriation of funds by a founder, should the government care?
We need to move away from the current one-size-fits-all framework to a risk-based approach. Until then, every fintech will be saddled by some...
India needs to expand its climate policy toolkit to include robust adaptation strategies. For this to work multiple policy actions will have to be...
Sellers will act in the interest of buyers only if it benefits them too. Regulations can ensure that the seller is incentivised to do the right thing,...
A consistent level of electricity into the night involves a very high escalation of cost. The use of a price system might offer a better solution.
The RBI claims its cloud facility will boost the security & integrity of financial sector data. But why is a central bank competing with private...