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April 8, 2026
Insights on Assembly Elections 2026 India covering issues, people, and policy choices influencing governance and economic direction.
April 7, 2026
Shared mobility services in smaller passenger vehicles such as autorickshaws and motorcabs are structurally incompatible with Karnataka’s current regulatory framework. The Karnataka Motor Vehicles Rules (KMVR), 1989, and the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, regulate vehicles by drawing a strict distinction […]
April 7, 2026
Shared mobility services using small passenger vehicles (share autorickshaws) are commonly observed in urban corridors of Tamil Nadu. However, the legal framework governing these services continues to rely on the traditional contract carriage under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. While […]
April 7, 2026
Shared mobility services in smaller passenger vehicles such as autorickshaws and motor cabs are structurally incompatible with Kerala’s current regulatory framework. The Kerala Motor Vehicles Rules (KMVR), 1989, and the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, regulate vehicles by drawing a strict […]
March 28, 2026
India’s rapid urbanisation has created an urgent demand for infrastructure investment, yet recent budgetary trends reveal a paradox of rising needs but declining allocations. This paper examines the Union Budget 2026–27 in the context of twelve years of Government of […]
March 13, 2026
INTRODUCTION & RATIONALE As India approaches International Women’s Day, public discourse often revisits the legal architecture designed to protect women, including laws addressing domestic violence, sexual harassment, trafficking, and workplace discrimination. Over the past two decades, legislative reform has expanded […]
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 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 […]
December 31, 2025
In this video, the Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR), Kochi, Kerala, presents key insights from its research on Low-Fee Private Schools (LFPS) across 5 Indian States, namely Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. LFPS educate a significant […]
December 31, 2025
Examining power, interest groups, incentives and bureaucratic behaviour in democratic decision-making though the lens of Public Choice | Policy Beyond Politics (PBP) Podcast Episode 68
December 29, 2025
Andhra Pradesh’s school system has undergone a profound transformation over the decades, moving from a predominantly government-led model to a mixed ecosystem where private providers now educate over half of all students. Public initiatives such as free textbooks, midday meals, […]
December 29, 2025
Kerala’s long‑standing literacy campaign, with its emphasis on education as a social right, has produced a nearly universal schooling environment. Kerala’s schooling landscape departs from national patterns, with government-aided institutions enrolling over 43% of students (UDISE+ 2021–22), whereas in many […]