Subhomoy Bhattacharjee

States pause spending as they await 16th Finance Commission's payouts

Most states have reduced their market borrowings, and raised less-than-projected amounts via state government securities, pushing up yields for short-term papers that the Centre typically uses

Climate action's new frontier: Circular economies and 15-min cities

The book he has written seeks to weave together the history of the climate movement over the past few decades and within those the role WRI has played in it

Shades of global governance models reflected in Tata group boardroom battle

At home, though, unlike others, the Tatas are the only industrial group who consolidated all their trusts under a single public trust umbrella

Centre to notify Labour Code rules before winter session of Parliament

The four Codes that are part of the Centres's attempts to enact labour reforms have remained stuck, with neither the Centre nor the states moving to notify them yet

India is betting big on shipbuilding to anchor its maritime power push

Once a neglected sector, India's maritime industry is now at the heart of a Rs 70,000 crore plan to build ships, create jobs, and position the country among the world's top shipbuilders by 2047

QCOs meant to help firms match global standards end up hurting some

The number of Quality Control Orders has seen a quantum jump since 2019, but many of them have ended up unintentionally hurting, instead of helping, industry

Mapping the themes: How Economics Nobel Prize moves with the times

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt win 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics

India's metro boom hits a fare wall: Who decides what commuters pay?

As India's metro network races past 1,000 km, questions over fare setting, cost recovery, and the absence of an independent regulator reveal cracks beneath the country's shiny urban transport dream

ITEC at 60: Book revives forgotten chapter in India's global outreach

The Trumpian tariff and H1B visa dystopia would have looked less so from India's point of view if these initiatives were sustained, it now seems

PPP projects get fresh push with new models, contracts, and oversight

As interest in PPP had tapered off, the pace of investment by the private sector in major projects had also taken a hit but the pace has picked up in 2025

Pension assets may reach ₹45 trn in 5 years: PFRDA Chairperson S Ramann

Pension assets are projected to triple to ₹45 trillion in five years as PFRDA reforms open up customised products and aim to cover half of India's workforce by 2030

How monsoon damage is forcing India to plug gaps in tracking infra losses

A new database aims to track real losses as monsoons batter roads, power, and telecom, exposing gaps in disaster planning

Rewriting retirement: A new window has opened for pension subscribers

The government has opened a one-time window for employees under the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) to switch back to the National Pension Scheme (NPS), reshaping retirement choices for millions

Tax relief on inherited shares: Sebi floats proposal for smoother transfer

Sebi steps in to clear tax confusion over inherited shares, proposing a fix to stop nominees from being wrongly taxed before passing assets to heirs

Growing pains: NTPC expansion spawns companies and CEOs in equal measure

The power conglomerate is increasingly looking at downstream renewable energy projects and is creating new companies and chief executives to run them in without PSU-culture constraints

Big NBFCs raise billions as credit boom brews, RBI watches with interest

Flush with parent backing and top credit ratings, India's largest NBFCs are raising record sums without chasing bank licences, as they prepare for a fresh wave of private sector credit demand

Urban projects expand, but private investment continues to remain elusive

Despite the clear pace of growth of cities in India, the ability of the city managers to track private investment is slow

India's daily thermal power output dips to record 62% low, RE's share rises

Share of core renewables touches a high of 17% for the first time, according to official data

India's ambitious energy stack takes shape, but faces legacy hurdles

The core of the India Energy Stack is to make energy pay for itself by a constant exchange of data between governments, the private sector, and consumers, but chronic problems of bad pricing remain

Why is life insurance losing lustre as a savings scheme for India's youth?

As life insurance loses share in households' financial savings, insurers are rushing to create new products, mostly in health insurance, to stay engaged with a younger demographic