Vinayak Chatterjee

Public investments in infrastructure continue to produce private windfalls. Allowing this imbalance to persist is economically irrational and ethically indefensible

Revive PPPs, enable group taxation for infra SPVs, fund high-speed rail separately, and prioritise urban projects to reignite growth, argues infra expert

A credible nationwide study overturns the 13-14 percent narrative, shows India now on par with advanced economies, and sets the stage for deeper multimodal reforms

Closely linked to real estate redevelopment is mobility, and the UCF's transport projects should complement rather than duplicate existing corridors

For decades, traditional trains have been India's arteries, moving over 23 million passengers daily along with vital freight

Making cities engines of growth will take more than money. Here are seven steps to strengthen the delivery of the Budget's Urban Challenge Fund

The changes to India's policy on emissions from coal plants are not a rollback - but a confident assertion of regulatory maturity, scientific integrity, and rational national interest

India's nuclear journey is all set to enter its most transformative phase - that too by inviting private capital to participate in scaling up nuclear power to 100 Gw by 2047

Public spending on social infrastructure is constrained by the government's commitment to fiscal consolidation

Air taxis could become a reality in India by 2026, but challenges in public acceptance and cost remain

The National Infrastructure Pipeline and the National Monetisation Pipeline have both reached the end of their tenure and need revitalisation

Well, the transformational agenda now is clearly high-speed rail (HSR); and once again, we should be careful not to confuse leapfrogging technology development with elitism

l The CMIE data also points to a worrying 57.1 per cent year-on-year decline in the value of government projects completed and a 40 per cent decline in that of the private sector

Poor implementation and data gaps hinder India's push for ecological balance

Various industry associations and chambers of commerce must stridently demand implementation across all levels and come up with their own impact analysis of these reforms

The World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes can assist India in achieving its globalisation goals

But overall, the requirements of a significant uptick in manufacturing investments remain an ongoing policy challenge

Tax consolidation for special purpose vehicles is desirable

India's growth story remains incomplete without a modern, trustworthy, and efficient agri-warehousing ecosystem backed by an assertive and supportive regulatory environment

The new provisioning norms for infrastructure financing have set the cat amongst the pigeons