National Pension System Vs. Unified Pension System: Why NPS Would be a Smarter Choice?
Those risk-averse and unsure how to deploy lump sum received during superannuation would be better off with UPS; others should stick with NPS
Category Economy and Infrastructure
The Rise and Fall of India’s Smart Cities: A Case Study of Shimla
Almost a decade has passed since the Indian government announced the concept of “smart cities” as the new lighthouses of urbanisation. The June 2015 announcement of 100 smart cities aimed to create models of urban development. However, these lighthouses of urbanity have now been relegated to the annals of India’s urbanisation history.
Rising Conflict in the China-US Tech Landscape
The year 2025 has begun on a bad note for Chinese tech companies with the United States (US) designating social media and gaming giant, Tencent, and battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) as military companies. Tencent's interests span the spheres of finance, cloud computing, media, messaging, video-streaming, and movie production. Under American law, a list of entities that may be aiding and furthering the Communist Party of China's military-civil fusion strategy, which aims to leverage private firms in improving technologies that have defense applications, must be maintained.
Requiem for the Neo-Liberal Failure: How the 2024 Nobel Prize for Economics can Reshape 21st Century Economic Thought
The neo-liberal approach to public policy is fraught with many flaws, further highlighting the need to explore alternative perspectives offering bottom-up solutions that respect indigenous frameworks while critiquing neo-colonial institutions
Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2015 (AMRUT): Progress, Impact, and Pathways for Urban Renewal
The Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), launched in 2015 by the Government of India, marked a significant step towards addressing urban infrastructure challenges
Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana 2017 (SAUBHAGYA)
The Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA) was launched in October 2017
Manmohan Singh: Pioneering India’s Global Growth and Digital Transformation
It is conventional wisdom to hail Manmohan Singh as the author of India’s economic reforms. This is misconceived. That credit goes to PV Narasimha Rao. Only a prime minister can strategise and execute a paradigm shift in the nation’s economic policy. He would need a number of technocrats to carry out that job intelligently, and Manmohan Singh, as Rao’s finance minister led a team of able technocrats, among whom we should note the likes of Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Shankar Acharya and C Rangarjan at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), India’s central bank. To call Manmohan Singh the author of economic reforms is like saying that contract manufacturers Foxconn and Pegatron make the iPhone, and not Apple.