Tariff-Proof India: Fix Land, Slim GST
Here’s the uncomfortable truth of August 2025: Indian exporters are being squeezed by a sudden…
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The Reinvention of a Titan: How India’s Paint Giants Are Fighting to Stay Relevant
This post is a continuation of “The Great Indian Paint-Off: Conglomerates vs. Incumbents” For decades, the…
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Globalization and the Ladder of Development: Pushed to the Top or Held at the Bottom? (Paper Summary)
This is a narrative summary of the paper by economists from MIT titled “Globalization and the…
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The Great Indian Paint-Off: Conglomerates vs. the Incumbents
For decades, India’s ₹80,000-crore paint industry was a textbook example of stable oligopoly—few players, high…
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Electricity Futures – A Transformative Reform Since The National Grid Itself
We know that electricity is the only commodity we consume the moment it's produced. There…
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Nuclear Energy — A Pragmatic Pivot in a Carbon-Constrained World
Over the past decade, energy policy has been dominated by a polarized debate: on one…
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Transmission – The Silent Bottleneck That Threatens India’s Energy Transition
While I have used solar and wind projects to frame much of this discussion, let…
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India’s Quiet Economic Transition: What the RBI’s Annual Report Really Tells Us
While headlines trumpet the RBI’s calibrated repo rate cuts of 50 basis points, preceded by…
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Decentralisation and Competitive Federalism: A Pathway to Economic Resurgence
India’s federalism debate has long revolved around the tug-of-war between cooperative and competitive models. Competitive…
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Revitalising India’s Energy Future: Why Nuclear Energy Is Indispensable?
The post was first published in ISB Blog on 19th Februrary 2025. Introduction Recent disasters…
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Space Wars: The Global Race to Dominate India’s Connectivity
The global race for satellite internet supremacy is unfolding on multiple fronts, from high-tech constellations…