Category Public Finances and Macroeconomics

Beyond the Summit: Bridging the Gap Between Policy and Funding

TK Arun AI sovereignty is not about apps or agents. It rests on GPUs, high-bandwidth memory, chip fabrication, political will, and the capital to fund long-term risk. The Artificial Intelligence Impact summit is on in Delhi. There is natural interest…

Rethinking Government Support for Data Centre

T.K. Arun Data-centre tax holidays represent oodles of government cash to favoured Indian businesses for little public benefit The 21-year tax holiday doled out by the Union Budget to foreign firms that do data centre business in India should be rolled back,…

External Partnerships vs. Internal Divisions: A Sovereignty Paradox

TK Arun Beyond concessions, deal improves market access, strengthens strategic signalling; it could catalyse India Inc’s adaptation to era of AI and machines that embody AI. It will come as a surprise only to the politically naïve that the India-US…

India’s Health Budget and the Urgent Need for Stronger Lung Cancer Policies

Urvashi Prasad  India’s Union Health Budget 2026-27 and the release of the country’s first evidence based lung cancer guidelines have sparked important conversations about whether our health system is keeping pace with global standards. These announcements are not just policy…

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