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When Heat Enters the Classroom: India’s Most Overlooked Climate Investment
Benston John, St. Stephens College, Delhi University; E. Somanathan, CECFEE, Indian Statistical Institute; Rohini Somanathan, Delhi School of Economics
03 Mar 2026
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Why Paying First Works: Designing Smarter Incentives to Tackle Crop Burning
B. Kelsey Jack, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.; Seema Jayachandran, Princeton University; Namrata Kala, MIT Sloan School of Management ...
20 Mar 2026
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India’s Productivity Problem Is Not Agriculture, It’s Informality
Rajveer Jat, Western Digital
25 Mar 2026
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Performance Financing in India’s Health System Requires Stronger Design
Mita Choudhury, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP); Rolly Kukreja, Assistant Professor
11 Apr 2026
Rethinking Women’s Employment Through Menstrual Health And Workplace Conditions
Anviksha Drall, National Law School of India University, Bangalore; Sumirtha Gandhi, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
09 Apr 2026
India’s Son Preference Has Shifted, Not Declined
Ashish Kumar Upadhyay, International Institute for Population Sciences; Abhishek Singh, IIPS; Ashish Singh, IIT Bombay ...
08 Apr 2026
India’s Hypertension Treatment Needs Simpler Pathways
Prabhakaran Dorairaj, Centre for Chronic Disease Control; Ambuj Roy, AIIMS, New Delhi.
07 Apr 2026
Gender, Elections, and the Politics of Forest Regeneration
Sutirtha Bandyopadhyay, IIM Indore; Pranabes Probeshika Dutta, City University of New York; Naveen Hari, Texas A & M University ...
05 Apr 2026
Governing Climate Loss and Damage Beyond Adaptation
Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS)
03 Apr 2026
The Hidden Financial Dividend of India’s CSR Mandate
Naina Duggal, Masters’ Union; Lerong He, State University of New York, Geneseo; Tara Shankar Shaw, IIT Bombay
01 Apr 2026
Why Electricity Prices in India Are Becoming More Volatile
Jalal Siddiki, Kingston University; Prakash Singh, Goa Institute of Management
30 Mar 2026
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What State Elections Really Test [Part II]: Welfare Works When It Builds Capacity, Not Replaces It
A. Kalaiyarasan, Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS)
29 Mar 2026
Recognising Customary Tree Ownership Could Strengthen India’s Forest Governance
Sabyasachi Kar, Clemson University; Gaurav R. Sinha, University of Georgia; Puneet Dwivedi, Clemson University
28 Mar 2026
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What State Elections Really Test [Part I]: Why Broad-Based Development, Not Growth Alone, Decides Elections
A. Kalaiyarasan, Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS)
27 Mar 2026
India’s Agricultural Productivity Trap Lies in Land Immobility
Marijn A. Bolhuis, International Monetary Fund (IMF); Swapnika R. Rachapalli, University of British Columbia; Diego Restuccia, University of Toronto
23 Mar 2026
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