Why Finance Commission’s Grants to Cities Remain Limited
Can cities plan their future when most funds are tied to Central conditions?
Category Centres
60 Lakh Voters in Limbo:What Electoral Delays Mean for Democracy
The 60 lakh Bengali voters whose eligibility is still under adjudication should get the benefit of the doubt; EC’s delay should not rob them of their right to vote
Elevating Coal Gasification in India’s Energy Security Framework
TK ARUN The ongoing war in the Persian Gulf shows why India must leverage its most abundant fuel to substitute for imports of hydrocarbons Coal is so 19th-century, oil and gas ooze 20th-century ‘modernity’, while renewables spell contemporary, climate-conscious cool —…
Beyond LPG:Rethinking India’s Cooking Energy with Induction Technology
As LPG prices spike and Qatar's gas exports get choked off, India must make the politically difficult shift to coal-powered electric cooking.
Inflationary Pressures from the Iran War: Beyond Oil Supply Disruptions
In the absence of conditions for a swift end to Israel-America's war on the Gulf nation, India faces inflation and curtailed exports.
From Tehran to New Delhi:Security Lessons from the Iran Conflict
India has to acquire technological sovereignty, if it is to retain strategic autonomy, even as middle powers now unsure of an American nuclear shield yearn for nuclear weapons.
West Asia in Conflict: Assessing Economic and Energy Risks for India
ARUN KUMAR The conflict in West Asia is exposing India’s strategic vulnerabilities and forcing it to consider making difficult choices on almost every front: energy security, foreign policy and economic stability. Wars are perilous affairs, but the one currently underway…