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Policy UpdateMannat AbbotBackgroundAgainst this backdrop, the introduction of GST in July 2017 represented a significant restructuring of India’s indirect tax system and created new incentives for businesses to participate in the formal economy. By replacing a fragmented system of...
Policy UpdateKhushiBackgroundThe rapid expansion of digital payments, online services, social media and connected technologies has created increasingly complex forms of cybercrime. Investigating such offences requires specialised capabilities in digital evidence collection, cyber forensics, electronic device examination, online financial trails...
Policy UpdateSaachi SaxenaBackgroundenvisaged establishing 5,000 Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) plants with an annual production target of 15 million metric tonnes (MMT) by 2023–24 (Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas , 2022). According to Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL, 2026),...
Policy UpdateDivya NatarajanBackgroundThe Tamil Nadu FinTech Policy 2021 is the state government’s dedicated framework to position Tamil Nadu as a leading national and global hub for financial technology. It was formally released by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin at the...
Policy UpdateTanisha HoodaBackgroundThe textile and apparel industry is an important part of India’s economy, contributing to employment, exports and industrial development. However, the sector faces several challenges, including gaps in production capacity, limited integration across different stages of the...
Pinkle GogoiIntroduction When we discuss women’s empowerment today, feminism is increasingly aware that the terrain on which women and men acquire their gendered sense of self and social identity is more varied and complex than was assumed in the era...
Katyayani SinhaEvery month, millions of Indian workers in the Gulf send part of their wages home to their families. Each transfer is a private choice made by one household. Added together, they form one of the most significant financial...
Policy UpdateAnushree KhareBACKGROUNDThe Transformation of Industrial Carbon PricingIn the words of William D. Nordhaus: “Those who emit emissions do not have to pay to do so. Those who are affected by those emissions do not receive compensation. In...
Vaishnavi NandedkarIntroduction Metro networks are an essential part of urban transport planning but, a metro trip doesn’t merely start or end at the metro station. Commuters are usually required to take other forms of transport such as walking, buses, auto-rickshaws,...
Amrutha Lahari KolluruThe human race, the anthropocene, has deeply integrated itself into every system while moulding itself into a better one. Governance and legal systems, economic and market systems, infrastructural and technological systems, socio-cultural systems, ecological and natural systems...
