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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.
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
CSIR–NPL's Precision Time Network Lays the Foundation for Trusted Digital Infrastructure
Abhishek Anand, Insignia Policy Research
PFMS, PLI and Pharmaceutical Schemes: What Really Determines Success?
Vishnuhadevi S, Independent Researcher
Semicon 2.0: Why India's Semiconductor Strategy Must Move Upstream
Aparna Sharma, Desai Sethi School of Entrepreneurship, IIT Bombay; Anurag Anand, Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA)
NEP 2020's Next Challenge: From Women's Higher Education to Economic Agency
Chitra Saruparia , National Law University, Jodhpur
India's Engineering Biology Push: Why Talent Alone Will Not Deliver the 2035 Bioeconomy
Ashwini Kumar, Sharda University