The government is attempting to mainstream electric mobility in India with numerous missions and schemes, the ongoing electrification of public transport projects, and the budget calling for investments into EV infrastructure (charging ports, servicing stations, etc.) and unit manufacturing, and incentives for adoption. The atmosphere created is one that helps both national and international private […]

In July 2020, Indian Railways planned to launch private train services in phases, with the first dozen trains due to start operating in the financial year 2023-24 and all 151 trains by the year 2027. As per the projection of the Railway Ministry, by April 2021, the national transporter (Indian Railways) was supposed to identify

The fourth edition of the Enhanced Access and Service Excellence reform agenda for public sector banks (PSBs) came into force in August 2021. This agenda will be characterized by a consumer-centric digital transformation and upscaling of data frameworks. As 13 PSBs consolidated into 5 PSBs over the last two years, focus is on making them

LEO-Satellite Constellations: the Future of High Speed Comms? Artificial satellites – one of today’s most essential machines, is undergoing a rapid evolution in scope, scale, and capability. A fundamental conduit for global communications and digital trade, earth-orbital satellites have a variety of operational uses and require significant technical research and capital investment to be developed.

The Government of India’s Budget unveiled earlier this year has been regarded by various stakeholders as a colossal attempt at economic reform. True to that spirit, the Government’s new Public Sector Enterprise (PSE) Policy seeks to realise the vision of an Atmanirbhar Bharat by turning to privatisation to improve efficiency, productivity, and allocation of resources.

Is ease of logistics the key to successfully implementing development policy?   The fluctuation in ‘ordinary’ life caused by Covid-19, and its effects observed in the economy and on overall development, were mainly the result of extreme supply chain disruption. Soon the question became pertinent: how do we construct supply chains that are resilient, adaptable,

In the month of September 2021, the Government of India jointly announced Production-Linked-Incentive Schemes for the Auto and the Drone Industry. The announcement was part of the PLI schemes for 13 sectors approved by the government over the past one-and-a-half years to improve cost competitiveness of locally produced goods, create employment opportunities, curb cheap imports

Since the early days of India’s space programme, entities of the Indian Government have occupied a status of monopoly in the space sector. The involvement of private industry players was limited to the manufacture and supply of components for use by these government entities. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) – a national space agency

Businesses often try to boost morale and uplift employees and their retail sellers by incentivising them by supplying goods at a nominal or discounted price especially during festivals and holiday seasons such as Diwali. It then becomes essential for such businesses to know the exact nature of the goods they are supplying, be it an

India is growing more aware of the need for sustainable solutions in the midst of a climate crisis; progressively experiencing intense droughts, downward shifts in average rainfall and intra-seasonal rainfall, and a higher frequency of cyclones. India’s largest sector (even more so during the pandemic) – agriculture, has been in a vulnerable position due to