Bharat’s healthcare landscape has witnessed significant transformation in recent years, particularly under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The challenges facing the Indian healthcare sector have been described ad nauseum with few offering concrete solutions. The authors consciously adopt a forward-looking stance while highlighting the existing as well as proposed government and policy...Read More
Democracy is the cornerstone of governance, fundamental right, but maintaining it is resource-intensive across the world. Frequent elections in India lead to financial drain, administrative burden, and governance inefficiencies. The proposal for One Nation, One Election (ONOP) aims to streamline the electoral process, reduce policy disruptions, and create a more stable economic and political landscape....Read More
New Delhi [India], February 25: The finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, has presented the first full-fledged budget of the Modi 3.0 government. The 2025-26 budget has been presented amidst two big concerns: the growing uncertainty in the global economy and hence in the export sector, and a slowdown in the economic growth rate in the last...Read More
The recently released ASER 2024 report on education in rural India is a stark reminder of the country’s growing educational crisis, one that threatens not just the academic future of millions of children but also India’s long-term economic and technological aspirations. The findings highlight a persistent and deeply concerning stagnation in basic arithmetic skills over...Read More
John F. Kennedy famously said, “The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.” In this age, voters are expected to not just know who the candidates are but also have a critical understanding of a niche concept like artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential implications on elections. People’s trust in...Read More
The ongoing socio-political turmoil in Bangladesh is significantly affecting its economic activities, which in turn is likely to negatively impact trade relations with India. Despite India’s strong export performance to Bangladesh in 2023-24, surpassing countries like Japan and Germany, the instability could lead to disruptions in trade, affecting both economies. For more details, you can...Read More
In the discussion series on Future of Work conducted by Rishihood University and RIS New Delhi, we hosted Shri Himanshu Gupta, IAS and Secretary of CBSE where he discussed pivotal aspects of educational transformation in India. About Himanshu Gupta: He is an alumnus of IIT Delhi and 2012 batch IAS officer of the AGMUT cadre....Read More
In the dynamic world of economics, the role of information in shaping decisions and outcomes has emerged as a pivotal area of study. Information economics, a branch that gained systematic attention in the 1970s, delves into how information influences economic choices and results. Driven initially by concerns such as moral hazard and adverse selection, it...Read More
Leadership is not just a quality that some are born with, but rather a trait that can be nurtured and developed. This semester, I am teaching two courses that involve leadership and I am reflecting on my own approach to leadership education. I like to call this the Leadership Delta – the difference between where...Read More
Public Policy seems something distant for a commoner like us. Most of us do not even understand how public policy impacts all of our lives, every moment in unimaginable ways. All our actions, reactions and choices while living in a civilised society of a nation are influenced by public policy.Read More
