Policy Circle

Economy, policy, and sustainable development.

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India met its FY26 fiscal deficit target. But spending by 50 of 55 ministries fell short of revised estimates. Fiscal discipline is useful only when it protects growth-enhancing spending. #FiscalDeficit #GovernmentCapex
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Indian cities are not just getting hotter. They are being built to trap heat. Concrete, asphalt, glass façades, weak ventilation, and shrinking water bodies have made urban heat a planning failure. #UrbanHeat #IndianCities
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Kerala’s migrant labour shortage is a warning. The delayed return of workers from Bengal and Assam shows Kerala cannot treat migrant labour as disposable. #KeralaEconomy #MigrantWorkers #LabourShortage #IndianEconomy #PolicyCircle
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State market borrowings now finance 76.3% of states’ fiscal deficits. Borrowing costs are rising, and markets are starting to price state-level fiscal risk. #IndianEconomy #FiscalFederalism
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India’s new IIP series is more than a base-year change. With 2022-23 as base, it captures manufacturing, renewables, utilities, rare earths and waste management better. #IndianEconomy #IndustrialProduction #Manufacturing #PolicyCircle
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Rubio’s Delhi visit steadied US-India ties, but did not repair trust. Tariffs, Pakistan, China and immigration remain the hard tests. https://t.co/NJ5nB62Ia1 #USIndia #Quad #IndoPacific

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The India-US trade deal may offer relief from Section 301 tariffs. But India must not trade long-term policy space for short-term protection. The July 24 deadline is important. The fine print is more important. #IndiaUSTrade #PolicyCircle #Section301
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India’s democratic anxiety is not proof of collapse. It reflects a crisis of institutional trust. From exams and jobs to corruption, citizens are asking whether institutions remain fair and accountable.
#India #Democracy #Governance #PolicyCircle
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ECLGS 5.0 can ease MSME liquidity stress after the West Asia shock. But guarantees cannot fix informality, delayed payments, collateral-based lending or poor infrastructure. #MSME #ECLGS #IndianEconomy
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India’s real-money gaming industry faces a three-layer squeeze: retrospective GST, state bans and the 2025 central law against online money games. #OnlineGaming #GST #SupremeCourt #policycircle
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UPI is booming, but cash is not fading. RBI’s polymer note plan is best read as a currency-management reform: durability, security and lower lifecycle cost, if the pilot proves it. #RBI #UPI
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India’s wellness industry is now serious business: yoga, AYUSH, wellness tourism, digital health, exports and jobs. But India’s global edge will depend on standards, science and trust. #ayurvedatourism #auysh #wellness
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Climate policy is moving from pledges to pricing. With CBAM reshaping trade, India’s 2026 BRICS presidency must push finance, guarantees, carbon-market rules, technology cooperation and adaptation. #BRICS #ClimateFinance
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Kerala has exported talent and imported remittances for decades. That model gave stability, not enough jobs. The next Kerala model must turn diaspora capital into a serious employment engine. #KeralaEconomy #PolicyCircle
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India’s migrant workers need more than registration. Portable welfare, affordable housing, grievance redressal, and enforceable labour standards must become part of industrial policy. #PolicyCircle #migrantworkers #socialsecurity
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West Asia crisis is now India’s energy security test. The shock can travel through fuel, fertilisers, food inflation and the rupee. India needs storage, diversification and contingency planning. #PolicyCircle #iranwar
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India’s electric car share was about 4% in 2025, against a global EV share of 25%. The gap reflects weak charging access, high prices, policy churn and limited competition. #IndiaEV #ElectricVehicles
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India knows more about what households spend than what they earn. NHIS 2026 aims to fix that gap. But income is sensitive, informal and irregular. The survey’s success will depend as much on trust as on statistical design. #NHIS2026 #IndianEconomy
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Devaraja Market is not a façade to be copied. It is Mysuru’s living economy. The Supreme Court’s restoration order shows why safety, heritage and livelihoods must be handled together. #DevarajaMarket #Mysuru #HeritageConservation
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In the scheme of things, India is seen as a strategic cog in the US wheel and Pakistan as a tactical partner, even as the QUAD countries serve US interests in the Indo-Pacific. #ChiaUS #IndiaChina #QUAD #NATO
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