This paper examines the vulnerabilities of institutional checks in the Indian federal system

IDFC Institute CEO Reuben Abraham and Visiting Fellow Mudit Kapoor write in Mint: "The story of poverty reduction in Andhra Pradesh is about two chief ministers with vision and execution skills."...

The election day debacle in Mumbai shows that the Election Commission's voter list data have long been suspect. Aadhaar would be a great solution for second-level authentication.

This paper shows the wedge between planned and actual land use and discusses the reasons for this dichotomy through an empirical study of an area in Mumbai  

An analysis of vote share data and pre-poll alliances shows India is keeping true to its diverse federalism

Data suggest that the BJP will have to deliver five per cent more seats than its best-ever performance to achieve 'Mission 272+'

In this Business Standard article, IDFC Chairman Rajiv Lall explains: “Our administrative machinery was designed to serve only two tiers of government: the Centre and state."...

The paper estimates the impact of various neighbourhood, spatial, and externality factors on residential prices in Mumbai

The Tamil Nadu chief minister's aspirations to be PM seem entirely logical with more multi-cornered contests, uncertainty in Andhra Pradesh and the winner-takes-all history of elections in Tamil Nadu

In our electoral system of first-past-the-post, the probability that an independent will influence the eventual outcome of an election is statistically high