In the Financial Express, Prakhar Misra and Sharmadha Srinivasan discuss the financial struggles that Indian states face as a result of the economic damage due to Covid-19. They recommend a set of actions to provide them with more resources....

As different states develop their strategies for responding to Covid-19, there are several well-documented lessons from Ebola worth emulating in India.

The rubric of politics suggests the winter session was a contest of persuasive arguments on citizenship. It was also a session where MPs learnt some arresting facts about governance.

This paper approaches the issue of India's poor tax-to-GDP ratio by looking at how the developed economies of today built fiscal capacity over time — and then identifying broad policy lessons for India.

This article discusses solutions, on the need to invest in governance and dismantle hurdles, in the context of the crisis facing the Indian economy. 

The article contends that almost all of India’s governance problems can find links to the lack of manpower in state services

This article on crime and safety in India looks at households’ perceptions of safety in the four cities and behavioural changes they may have adopted to keep themselves safe. 

Only 6-8% of victims of theft in four major Indian cities lodged a first information report (FIR) with the police, according to a new study. The remaining 92-94% are not reflected in any official record.

If state authorities significantly increase the costs of regulatory compliance under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, or Rera, it may lead to consolidation in the property market

How The British Government Got More Citizens To Pay Their Taxes On Time