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Transfer of Budgetary Resources to States

Do the southern states have valid concerns that they are unfairly treated in the allocation of budgetary transfers from the union? Or should state-specific concerns for fiscal stability be treated…

▶17-Apr-2024

Pinaki Chakraborty

PLI: On the Way to Another Failed Incentive Scheme?

Launched in 2020, India’s PLI scheme aims to strengthen the country’s strategically important industries. Three years on, it stumbles under regulatory burdens and budget constraints. A review is…

▶10-Jan-2024

Biswajit Dhar

Indian Banking Reforms

With most of India’s attempts to reform its financial sector rolled back post demonetisation, the country could soon be facing a possible solvency crisis amongst state-run banks. The government must…

▶03-Feb-2021

M. S. Sriram

Learning from Crises

India's banking regulation has come this far through a process of learning from a series of bank failures in the last century. But it might not be adequate to meet present and future threats.

▶19-Jan-2021

Amol Agrawal