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Op-ed December 17, 2024

Opinion | Privacy as priority: India can’t afford any further delay in notifying data protection rules

Rising instances of data breaches across the online ecosystem make it imperative that the privacy shield passed by Parliament is quickly put in place.

Paper November 12, 2024

Artha Global’s Comments on the Universal DPI Safeguards Framework

By Lakshay Narang, Neha Jain, Vikram Sinha & Sridhar Ganapathy

We discuss broad as well as targeted recommendations to serve as the foundation of the Universal DPI Safeguards Framework.

Blog November 6, 2024

Book review: The many facets and contradictions of Irawati Karve

By Dr. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha

A new biography of well-known anthropologist Irawati Karve, ‘Iru: A Remarkable Life’, by Urmilla Deshpande and Thiago Pinto Barbosa, moves between the personal and the scientific

Op-ed November 6, 2024

Opinion | Old demand versus new: Is Indian industry investing in tomorrow’s sectors?

By Dr. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha

While sluggish consumer spending can act as a drag on business investment, there’s also the Schumpeterian kind—aimed at the future. Big money is being ploughed into new fields like green energy, semiconductors, electric vehicles and data centres.

Op-ed October 11, 2024

Opinion | Evidence has grown of an economic recovery led by profits over wages

By Dr. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha

Has the splendid economic recovery after the pandemic been dominated by profits rather than wages? The answer to this question has profound consequences for the future direction of the Indian economy.

Op-ed October 3, 2024

Opinion | Digital Public Infrastructure: A dubious way to foster competition

By Neha Jain & Sharmadha Srinivasan

Applying a DPI philosophy to every digital sector to combat monopolistic tendencies could place an undue burden on state resources.

Op-ed September 25, 2024

Opinion | Lessons needs to be drawn from wars waged by central banks against inflation

By Dr. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha

The amount of time it took to restore relative price stability defied text-book assumptions about the process

Report September 11, 2024

Survey | How Are Indians Coping with Heat Stress?

By Priya Vedavalli, Dr. Neelanjan Sircar, , Ishana Deshpande, Naisha Khanna & Dr. Saloni Atal

This report discusses how inadequate cooling and heat exposure at work affect millions, relying on rapid surveys and data analysis to uncover the broader impacts of extreme heat on Indian communities.

Op-ed September 11, 2024

Opinion | India’s urban agglomerations are no longer held back by state boundaries

By Dr. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha

The growth of global agglomerations beyond state borders should be seen as part of this economic integration.

Op-ed September 5, 2024

Open-source imperative for India’s public sector

By Sridhar Ganapathy & Dr. Hemant Adarkar

Existing public sector processes are ill-suited to making software open and collaborating with the community. Institutions require dedicated capacity, resources and a mindset shift to meaningfully engage in open source.

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