The RBI’s CBDC strategy is less about domestic payments and more about building new rails for remittances and cross-border settlement.
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The CoinDCX episode shows how the ambiguity in crypto regulation is exposing investors, exchanges and the wider financial system. #cryptopolicycircle.org/industry/india…
If India wants to improve road safety by 2030, it must treat speed management as a core governance issue, not a minor traffic rule. #roadsafetypolicycircle.org/opinion/road-s…
The rise in gold prices signals diversification of foreign exchange reserves, fiscal anxiety, and a weaker faith in the old dollar-centred order. #goldpricespolicycircle.org/economy/gold-p…
From products and pricing to self-image and desire, marketing has expanded far beyond the boundaries drawn by business-school theory. #marketingpolicycircle.org/opinion/market…
Global governance once promised peace, stability and rules-based cooperation, but today, geopolitical conflict and institutional imbalance have exposed its deepest flaws.
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In the era of energy transition, oil demand remains unaffected and crude continues to retain its strategic importance because of geopolitical realities.
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India’s FDI flows remain steady, yet net numbers are under pressure from exits, profit booking and Indian firms expanding abroad. #FDIpolicycircle.org/economy/indias…
India’s informal sector remains the main absorber of the labour force, but productivity gains alone are not enough to ensure upward mobility. #informalsectorpolicycircle.org/economy/indias…
By using real world data, mathematical models can help policymakers reach tuberculosis patients who would benefit most from an intervention, and better identify their needs
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RBI misselling rules shift the burden from customer signatures to seller responsibility in India’s fast-growing retail finance market. #RBIpolicycircle.org/policy/rbi-mis…
India’s new National Dental Commission must bring oral health into primary care, reform dental education, and widen affordable access. #oralhealthpolicycircle.org/opinion/nation…
In a major airline seating policy tweak, the government has mandated free access to 60% of seats and moved against one of aviation’s most profitable interface tricks. #airline#darkpatternpolicycircle.org/policy/airline…
New evidence shows that economic growth depends more on capital expenditure efficiency than headline capex numbers. #capexpolicycircle.org/policy/capital…
India has expanded higher education access, but not fairness, with institutional hierarchy, coaching markets, and cost barriers continue to shape who succeeds. #educationpolicycircle.org/opinion/india-…
The Supreme Court’s menstrual leave judgment rests on a hiring-fear argument that sits uneasily with constitutional doctrine, state experiments, and global practice.
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Japan’s carmakers treated electric vehicles as niche, betting instead on hybrids, hydrogen and e-fuels while China benefitted from its focus on EVs and batteries.
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