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Hidden Cost of Healthcare

New Delhi, Oct. 26 -- India's expanding health insurance coverage is often presented as evidence of progress towards affordable healthcare. Government-backed schemes have undoubtedly provided financia... Read More


Disappearing Public Spaces

New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- A city is not defined merely by its roads, flyovers, shopping complexes or towering residential buildings. Its character also lies in the spaces where people gather, relax, read,... Read More


Beyond Urban Skylines

New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- India's cities are expanding rapidly, with ambitious infrastructure projects, modern transport networks, commercial centres and investment corridors reshaping the urban landscape... Read More


Regulatory Paradox

New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- India's regulatory framework has expanded considerably over the years, covering everything from food safety and consumer protection to construction standards and industrial opera... Read More


Crisis of Household Savings

New Delhi, Oct. 21 -- India's economic growth story is often told through expanding infrastructure, rising consumption, digital transactions and increasing investment. Yet beneath these encouraging in... Read More


Cities Without Accountability

New Delhi, Oct. 19 -- India's cities are expanding at a pace their governing institutions are neither equipped nor empowered to manage. Urban populations are growing, infrastructure demands are multip... Read More


Cost of Negligence

New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- The Kolkata stampede during Durga Puja celebrations has once again exposed the fragility of crowd safety arrangements at India's mass gatherings. What should have been an occasio... Read More


Detention Dilemma

New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- The detention of protesters in Delhi has once again exposed a troubling tendency in India's approach to public order: the growing reliance on preventive police powers to manage p... Read More


Voters Must Come First

New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- The Election Commission's decision to undertake a Special Summary Revision of electoral rolls in 17 states and Union Territories comes at a time when public confidence in the int... Read More


Immunity Without Impunity

New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- The independence of the Election Commission is indispensable to the survival of Indian democracy. Yet independence cannot be confused with immunity from accountability. The Supre... Read More