This new ‘weapon’ in the arsenal of the Union government has been designed and launched as part of the Goods and Services Tax.

Coastal Regulation Zone norms are an example of a top-down, heavy-handed, legislative diktat from Delhi that ignores local dynamics.

Can incrementalism deliver amidst the inadequacy of capacity and funds? More pertinently, why shelve the idea of new cities?

The question is not whether governments are right or wrong. The question is whether the measures mooted will deliver the objectives.

Higher allocations by themselves are not enough, the structure of budgetary allocations can have an impact on police performance.

Whether the GST has the potential to exacerbate the growing economic divergence in the country.

Why the number tax payers in India has been low historically and how this is a result of structural flaws in the system.

Looking back at demonetisation: The concerns of its legion of critics have all been proven plain wrong.

The state of the Indian National Congress following the debacle of the recent State Assembly elections.

The Assembly election results in the core states of India that would matter the most for the 2019 General elections.