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Op-ed January 23, 2020

To keep up with tech and regulate WhatsApp & Amazon, India must adopt ‘futures thinking’

By Harsh Vardhan Pachisia & Prakhar Misra

With the Indian govt’s Personal Data Protection Bill only outlining broad principles governing data, the role of the Data Protection Authority becomes even more important.

Blog January 15, 2020

Appointing the DPA: A Problem of Efficiency

By Prakhar Misra

There has been a fair bit of commentary on the various ways in which the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill, 2019 has been stripped of adequate checks and balances.

Op-ed December 21, 2019

Opinion | Don’t Just Blame India’s Courts, it’s the Police that Can’t Solve Criminal Cases in Time

By Priya Vedavalli & Tvesha Sippy

The imbalance between police strength and case pendency must be understood through three lenses.

Paper October 18, 2019

Assessing Cities’ Labour Market Efficiencies Using Mumbai Commuting Data

By Dr. Vasant Dhar, Harsh Vardhan Pachisia, Vaidehi Tandel, Kadambari Shah & Girish Gupta

The average commute on Mumbai’s major routes is longer than an hour, more than double the averages of Singapore, Hong Kong and New York.

Paper October 5, 2019

Fiscal Modernization: Lessons for India from the World

By Prakhar Misra & Sharmadha Srinivasan

This paper charts how western economies raised income tax over time in order to identify learnings for India.

Searching for jobs. Photo credit: Canva.

Report September 25, 2019

Infrastructure Priorities for Job Creation in India

By Vaidehi Tandel, Harshita Agrawal, Prakhar Misra, Sharmadha Srinivasan & Vivek Dehejia

The Infrastructure Priorities for Job Creation in India report attempts to understand the impact of infrastructure investment on economic activity.

Report July 18, 2019

Reforming Urban India

By Pritika Hingorani, Vaidehi Tandel, Harsh Vardhan Pachisia, Kadambari Shah, Harshita Agrawal, Sharmadha Srinivasan & Mehul Das

In this Reform Agenda, we present eight reforms to address some of the most pressing challenges facing India’s cities.

Blog July 8, 2019

Bridging the gap in public data on crime and safety

By Neha Sinha & Avanti Durani

Law and order, despite being the most critical public good, is absent in the evidence-based policymaking paradigm.

Op-ed June 12, 2019

Opinion | The problems of regulating digital markets

By Vikram Sinha

Modern competition policies are poorly equipped to deal with the unique nature of digital markets.

Paper June 3, 2019

The Indian Macro Policy Playbook: Time for a Fresh Look

By Dr. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha

Indian macro policy has been operating under an implicit 2-4-6-8 framework, but there is a need to take a fresh look at this macro policy playbook.

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