Selling Survival: What Air and Water Reveal About State Failure
Delhi’s air crisis is not an isolated failure. It is part of a larger civilisational collapse, one where the state has quietly surrendered its most fundamental duty: safeguarding
Dr Radhika Pandey
Visiting Senior Fellow
Radhika Pandey is an associate professor at the National Institute for Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP). She was part of the research team for the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission, the key legislative commission responsible for reviewing and re-writing the financial legal framework for the country. She was co-coordinator for the Ministry of Finance Task-Force on Public Debt Management, and was also part of the research team for the Working Group on Foreign Investments. Currently, Dr. Pandey is part of the technical research secretariat for the Department of Economic Affairs-NIPFP research program. In addition to teaching at the National Law University in Jodhpur, Dr. Pandey has written several articles and working papers on subjects such as consumption in Indian households, the evaluation of India’s inflation targeting framework, and the evolution of capital controls on foreign institutional investment in India. She has published papers in business cycle measurement in India to track India’s growth in real time. Dr. Pandey writes a weekly column for ThePrint and has written articles for Business Standard, Bloomberg Quint and Ideas for India. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
Research Areas
Economy and Infrastructure, Public Finances and Macroeconomics
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Health at the Crossroads: Public Health in an Era of Global Transition
As 2025 draws to a close, viewed from the window of a public health professional, the year offers a clear reminder that health leadership is not merely about systems, policies, or
Union Budget 2026–27: India’s Budget Masks Jobs And Growth Faultlines
The IMPRI Center for the Study of Finance and Economics (CSFE), Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, hosted an interactive panel discussion on “Indian Economy and Uni
Reassessing the Governor’s Address in India’s Legislative Framework
By digressing from the speech or walking out of the Assembly during the special address protocols, Tamil Nadu and Kerala Governors have shown disregard for the constitutional provi
Urbanisation Trends in India’s Small Towns
The story so far: India continues to narrate its urban future through the loud vocabulary of megacities. But a quieter and far more consequential transformation is unfolding. Of I
India and the 28th CSPOC: Parliamentary Democracy in a Fragmented Global Order
The Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth has emerged as a unique institution that upholds parliamentary independence and is non-partisan, even as it de
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What’s wrong with the SHANTI Act and how it can be fixed
The government should have referred the Bill to a parliamentary committee to iron out differences, instead of using its legislative majority to pass it as introduced.
Global Trade Shifts, AI Speculation and India’s Growth Prospects in 2026
As 2026 nears, AI hype meets revenue reality, tariffs fade, but India’s growth faces weak demand, rural stress and rising risks.
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Trump’s Venezuela gambit revives naked American imperialism
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