Articles
February 9, 2026
India built rural roads, but affordable transport services remain missing—deepening the rural mobility gap. Photo Credit: Hindustan Times This article examines the growing gap between rural road infrastructure and actual mobility in India. Despite massive investments in rural roads, the […]
February 9, 2026
By leveraging the Union Budget’s Rs 20,000 Crore CCUS outlay, India can transition its mono-industrial belts into liveable, high-functioning City Economic Regions (CERs). Photo Credit: Hindustan Times This article examines how India’s mono-industrial towns risk economic obsolescence in the face […]
February 6, 2026
ധനമന്ത്രി കെ. എൻ. ബാലഗോപാലിന്റെ ഏറ്റവും ദൈർഘ്യമേറിയ ബജറ്റ് പ്രസംഗങ്ങളിലൊന്നും തുടർച്ചയായ ആറാമത്തെ ബജറ്റുമാണിത്. മുൻ ബജറ്റുകളെപ്പോലെ ക്ഷേമ പ്രവർത്തനങ്ങൾക്കും ഉപഭോഗ പിന്തുണയ്ക്കും മുൻഗണന നൽകുന്ന സമീപനമാണ് ഇതിലും സ്വീകരിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നത്. ജൻഡർ ബഡ്ജറ്റ് 2025-ലെ 4840.12 കോടി രൂപയിൽ നിന്ന് 2026-ൽ 5586.99 കോടി രൂപയായി വർദ്ധിപ്പിച്ചു. മറ്റു സാമൂഹിക സുരക്ഷാ പദ്ധതികളിൽ ഉൾപ്പെടാത്ത സ്ത്രീകൾക്കും […]
February 6, 2026
2026-27 ലെ കേന്ദ്ര ബജറ്റ് ഉൽപ്പാദനക്ഷമത വർദ്ധിപ്പിക്കുന്നതിനും ഉയർന്ന മൂല്യമുള്ള വിളകളിലൂടെ കർഷകരുടെ വരുമാനം ഉയർത്തുന്നതിനും വലിയ മുൻഗണനയാണ് നൽകുന്നത്. തീരദേശങ്ങളിൽ തെങ്ങ്, ചന്ദനം, കൊക്കോ, കശുവണ്ടി എന്നിവയും, വടക്കു കിഴക്കൻ സംസ്ഥാനങ്ങളിൽ അഗർവുഡും, മലയോര മേഖലകളിൽ ബദാം, വാൽനട്ട് തുടങ്ങിയവയും പ്രോത്സാഹിപ്പിക്കുന്നതിലൂടെ വിപണി കേന്ദ്രീകൃതമായ ഒരു കൃഷിരീതിയിലേക്കാണ് കേന്ദ്രം വിരൽ ചൂണ്ടുന്നത്. ഈ മാറ്റങ്ങളിൽ […]
February 6, 2026
The Union Budget 2026–27 marks a shift in urban policy, positioning cities as economic engines while reducing central support. With greater reliance on markets and local bodies, urban growth now enters a more uncertain phase. The Union Budget 2026–27 signals […]
February 6, 2026
The Gender Budget 2026 shows higher allocations but limited structural reform, continuing to prioritise time-saving welfare over gender-transformative outcomes. Without convergence, care infrastructure, and outcome assessment, increased spending alone may not improve women’s economic mobility. The Gender Budget 2026 accounts […]
February 5, 2026
Budget 2026 outlines a comprehensive maritime sector reform strategy focused on shipbuilding, inland waterways, multimodal logistics, and reducing India’s high logistics costs. India’s Union Budget 2026 presents a decisive push toward maritime-led economic growth by strengthening ports, inland waterways, and […]
January 29, 2026
A Roadmap for Gender Budgeting: Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Women’s Safety in 2026–2027
India has been at the forefront of gender budgeting since 2005-06, and over the years, it has improved by adding more ministries reporting allocations for women. In the 2025-2026 Budget, the overall allocation has increased by 2.06 per cent compared […]
January 29, 2026
As the Union Budget 2026–27 approaches, India’s natural rubber sector presents a paradox that policymakers can no longer ignore. Budgetary allocations for the Rubber Board have steadily increased over the past five years—from ₹190 crore in 2021–22 to ₹360.31 crore […]
January 28, 2026
As India awaits the Union Budget 2026–27, the country’s rural development strategy faces a familiar but unresolved choice. Each budget reaffirms the government’s commitment to livelihoods, women-led development, and inclusive growth in rural areas. Yet, one critical enabler of all […]
January 19, 2026
Kerala's fallow lands and agri decline stem from leasing bans; legal reform essential for scale, security, productivity.
January 19, 2026
ChatGPT crafts self-empowering toolkit for girls and women to recognize, respond to covert non-sexual harassment with safe scripts and strategies.
January 15, 2026
How large language models map risks, benefits, and options for girls and women addressing non-sexual harassment, and support safer, informed help-seeking.
January 9, 2026
The article explains how the new India–Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), signed in December 2025, deepens bilateral trade, investment and strategic cooperation while reshaping India’s wider economic engagement with the Gulf region. It highlights tariff liberalisation on most goods, expanded market access for Indian exports and services, and Oman's role as a strategic gateway to the GCC, Central Asia and East Africa along vital energy and maritime routes.
December 31, 2025
The policy that once protected plantations—the exemption from ceiling provisions of the Kerala Land Reforms (KLR) Act, 1963—is now contributing to the sector’s stagnation. AI Generated According to the GoK-IIM Kozhikode report on Plantation (2021), the sector’s peak was in […]