Soumyadip Chattopadhyay and Arjun KumarProperty tax, levied on ownership of any real property, is a significant source of revenue for city-level municipal governments in India. However, revenue collections from it are quite low as it is poorly administered. Chattopadhyay and Kumar argue...
Soumyadip Chattopadhyay and Arjun KumarReal estate sector in India is currently experiencing one of its worst phases due to the rising levels of unsold inventory and prolonged lack of confidence and transparency. End-users’ loss of affordability as well as...
Anil TrigunayatRussia-Ukraine war is touching everyone in different ways as the already stressed global world order goes through a premediated churn. As if the COVID-19 pandemic was not enough, geopolitics between Moscow and Washington has begun to impact ordinary...
Harsh V PantThe Ukraine war shows India-Russia ties lack breadth, the Russia-China axis will grow more, and India’s relations ties with the West will rise. India must acknowledge these shifts to deal with the new order better.Wars challenge the...
Nilanjan Banik and Guido CozziIn-State of the Union address, President Joe Biden made it clear that the US is not planning to send troops to Ukraine. On earlier occasions, Bill Clinton sent troops to Yugoslavia; George W. Bush to...
Vanessa Peter and Tikendar Singh PanwarThe Tamil Nadu government envisions responsive city governance to mitigate poverty and ensure a decent quality of life for all by adopting an inclusive, participatory, transparent and accountable approach to urban development.What kind of urban Tamil...
Harsh V PantWhen the Ukraine crisis hit the headlines a few months ago, conventional wisdom suggested that whichever way the situation evolved, China would be its biggest beneficiary. Since the start of covid, China’s global image had gone for...
Gurinder KaurOn 28 February 2022, the second installment of the Sixth Assessment Report of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), “Climate Change 2020: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability” was released in Geneva. This report warned that heat and humidity...
T K ArunThe lesson to be learned from the recent round of assembly elections is not that the Opposition should set its sights on 2029, forget 2024. The takeaway should be that building democracy, rather than targeting the BJP, is the...
TK ArunThe war in Ukraine will herald changes in geopolitical structures, the energy transition, cross-border payments, and technology nationalism.You never step into the same river twice, because the flowing water has changed the river in the meantime. It is...
