Timely expert analysis of policy decisions, government announcements, and institutional reports in India, with focus on design and implementation.
Written by domain experts, these short commentaries explain the design, implications, and implementation challenges of recent policy developments, helping readers quickly understand what has changed, how it affects a sector, and why it matters for policy and governance.
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Expert Commentary
Timely expert analysis of policy decisions, government announcements, and institutional reports in India, with focus on design and implementation. Written by domain experts, these short commentaries explain the design, implications, and implementation challenges of recent policy developments, helping readers quickly understand what has changed, how it affects a sector, and why it matters for policy and governance.
Digital Water Monitoring Can Strengthen Groundwater Regulation in India
Gayathri D. Naik, Centre for Environmental Law Education, Research and Advocacy (CEERA), National Law School of India University
GI Tags in India: Turning Protection into Producer Value
Suvayan Neogi, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT); Badri Narayanan Gopalakrishnan, Infinite Sum Modelling (Infisum)
India’s Anti-Doping Rules Need Integrated Sports Governance Across Athlete Pathway
Smit Singh, All India Professionals’ Congress
GOBARdhan and the Missing Markets Behind India’s CBG Ambition
Pratap Singh Birthal, ICAR-NIAP; Anil Kumar, ICAR-NIAP
Platform Work Is Testing India’s Welfare Board Model
Kaushiki Sanyal, JustJobs Network
India’s Energy Security Needs a Household Energy Strategy
Chinmaya Behera, Goa Institute of Management; Labanya Prakash Jena, Climate and Sustainability Initiative; Biswashree Tanaya Priyadarsini, BITS Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus
Energy Savings Insurance for India: Pricing Performance Risk to Scale Industrial Efficiency
Namita Vikas, auctusESG Global; Archana Patankar, auctusESG Global
How the Social Stock Exchange Could Change CSR Finance
Atul Ghorpade, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal; Sabuj Kumar Mandal, IIT Madras
MoSPI's Integrated Energy Statistics Overhaul Can Transform India's Energy Planning
Sahil Bajaj, inClimate.info; Saurabh Masih, inClimate.info; Shraddha Shrivastav, inClimate.info
India-Pakistan Relations: Cross-Border Terrorism, DGMO Channels and Strategic Patience
Yashovardhan Jha Azad, Former Central Information Commissioner
CAG's Sikkim Audit Shows Why FRBM Needs a Broader View of State Finances
V. N. Alok, Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA)
How Energy Savings Insurance Can Scale India's Industrial Energy Efficiency
Sapan Thapar, TERI School of Advanced Studies