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From Oil Shocks To Water Limits, Scarcity Must Be The Norm
Oil markets shrug off renewed US-Iran strikes, but India's water crisis exposes the real limits of resilience in an age of permanent scarcity.
Why New Infrastructure Won’t Fix Mumbai’s Power Grid Problem
Replacing British-era cables and adding transmission lines won't fix Mumbai's grid. The bottleneck for clean, non-stop power is not generation, storage technology, or tariffs. It is the absence of a single buyer.
Built On Credit: Unpaid Government Bills Are Squeezing India's EPC Contractors
Empty pockets despite record order books mean that the infrastructure boom is running on contractor credit.
Why Arrests Won't Salvage India's Broken Government Recruitment System
As lakhs chase scarce public jobs, underfunded agencies and high-tech cheating expose a crisis beyond police fixes.
Lamenting A Lack Of Investment In LLMs Ignores Market Realities, Historic Mandates Of Software-Services Behemoths
India's IT giants are cash-rich but AI-shy. Markets may explain why, with the deeper crisis possibly lying in classrooms.
India’s Daily Accounts Back-Up Diktat Will Punish Small Businesses
Rule 46(8) of the new Income-Tax Rules, 2026 is written for a world of single-office servers binds almost every business with digital books, and bites hardest on the MSMEs that drive India's output and jobs.
Automakers Are Rediscovering The Bottom Of The Pyramid, Proving That Economic Headwinds Breed Competitive Ingenuity
As premiumisation hits its ceiling and budgets tighten, India's automakers are rediscovering the entry-level consumer and finding that the bottom of the pyramid never really went away.
How Made-In-India Is India’s First Hydrogen Train, Really?
India designed, built and integrated the trainset. The fuel cell stacks at its heart and the materials inside them come from abroad.
Fuel Shock Sparks India's Fastest Electric Vehicle Revolution Yet
Fuel shocks are driving India's fastest EV shift yet, as consumers once again prioritise efficiency over performance and convenience.
The Planned Hospital Bed That Has No Doctor
India counts the hospital beds it is short of. It seldom counts the doctors or nurses needed to run them.
Why Is India Committing To Massive US Purchases For A Trade Deal That No Longer Exists?
Capital is fleeing India. The rupee is sinking. And New Delhi just promised Washington $500 billion it has no reason to spend.
India's Power Sector Has Mastered The Art of Passing Costs Down — To The Consumer
Every layer of the chain — fuel supplier, generator, transmission company, distributor — has a mechanism to pass costs forward. Only the consumer has none.
