AI jobs disruption calls for a labour policy overhaul | Policy Circle
Global models show how tripartite councils can tackle AI jobs disruption — India must adopt a national strategy to avoid chaos. #AIjobs #policy| Policy Circle
Global models show how tripartite councils can tackle AI jobs disruption — India must adopt a national strategy to avoid chaos. #AIjobs #policy| Policy Circle
Services exports defy headwinds to post record growth in July, driven by global demand and domestic sales. #services #exports #IT| Policy Circle
Jio BlackRock's AI-powered mutual fund debut promises inclusion, but raises concerns over data use and platform dominance.| Policy Circle
India must channel its public funds by strategic leverage. The question is where and how green subsidy will deliver maximum export resilience, decarbonisation and domestic value.| Policy Circle
With production-linked incentives and China + 1 diversification, India is emerging as a global electronics manufacturing powerhouse. #China #electronicsmanufacturing #PLI| Policy Circle
Gen Z and millennial professionals seek purpose, trust, and inclusion—values many legacy firms still struggle to embed in their culture.| Policy Circle
As expensive capital reshapes global markets, India must rebuild confidence in policy and institutions to sustain growth.| Policy Circle
Can India deliver AI education when half its schools lack digital access? An analysis of Punjab, Odisha and the readiness gap.| Policy Circle
AI data centres need new designs, high-density power, and liquid cooling to replace outdated infrastructure.| Policy Circle
The Centre's 50-year interest-free loans to states mark a shift in fiscal federalism, but raise concerns over autonomy.| Policy Circle
The near-closure of the first phase of the India-US trade deal offers relief to exporters—but the harder battles over market access and long-term rules still lie ahead. #India #US #trade| Policy Circle
COP30’s retreat on climate finance signals the persistence of a global order where ambition in the South remains hostage to money from the North. #Climatefinance #COP30| Policy Circle
The Ukraine war is shifting towards a frozen conflict as exhaustion rises, putting the western powers in a dilemma.| Policy Circle
India’s rural digital divide limits growth despite major public investment in connectivity and digital services.| Policy Circle
India-China pharma trade opens a huge export opportunity amid Beijing’s procurement reforms and shifting global markets. #pharma| Policy Circle
Recurring power outages are breaking continuity in India's smart classrooms, widening the learning inequality. #classrooms #education #edtech| Policy Circle
Evidence-based methods can transform Ayurveda from a traditional system into a trusted global medical science.| Policy Circle
India’s economic growth can beat the 6–6.5 per cent consensus if policymakers leverage low private debt, young workers and export opportunities.| Policy Circle
India’s household savings are falling to multi-decade lows, raising new stability risks for the economy. #savings| Policy Circle
EV adoption in India is rising in headline numbers, but weakening demand signals show the transition is still fragile. #EV| Policy Circle
India’s CPI hit a record low in 2025, but services inflation remains high -- a structural shift that is reshaping household budgets.| Policy Circle
Trump administrations H-1B visa restrictions signal a new era where goods and capital flows freely but talent does not.| Policy Circle
India is reforming its business environment, but hidden compliance costs — especially for MSMEs — remain heavy and uneven across states. #MSME #business| Policy Circle
Risk-averse hiring and lack of structured career paths make it difficult for young professionals to land policy jobs.| Policy Circle
India must build midstream and downstream capacity to cut dependence on China in critical minerals. #criticalminerals #China #REER| Policy Circle
Tenant farmers in Andhra Pradesh face high debt, low credit access, and rising climate risks.| Policy Circle
Trump administration's H-1B visa restrictions are accelerating the offshoring of high-value finance roles to India’s GCC hubs. #GCC #Trump #H1Bvisa| Policy Circle
WTO revises forecast for AI trade growth, raising the red flag for India and other developing economies. #AI #tradegrowth #WTO| Policy Circle
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Even as toll collections from Highways near Rs 60,000 crore, questions persist about uneven road quality, arbitrary charges, and the lack of accountability in infrastructure deployment. #tolls| Policy Circle
Rising tax burden and regulatory red tape are prompting wealthy Indians to seek foreign citizenship via golden visas.| Policy Circle
Record coal output masks a bigger story—surging solar energy output could flip India’s energy script and boost its climate credibility.| Policy Circle
India’s quick commerce boom is reshaping retail, but shaky finances and weak worker protections raise doubts about its future. #Quickcommerce #kirana #industry| Policy Circle
With smart health, workforce, and city policies, India’s silver economy could fuel GDP growth instead of becoming a demographic burden.| Policy Circle
From pricier air travel to a record slump on the Karachi bourse, conflict economics are rippling across South Asia in real time after Pahalgam terror. #India #Pakistan #Pahalgam| Policy Circle
By bombing #Iran, #Trump abandoned diplomacy, triggered #oil shocks and let #Beijing and #Moscow pose as the responsible adults in the room. #iranisraelwar| Policy Circle
Despite 4.1 lakh new units launched in 2024, affordable housing remains a distant dream for most Indian households.| Policy Circle
India must pursue competition reforms by revising CCI powers, procurement rules, and penalties to ensure fair markets and curb dominance in the digital and public sectors.| Policy Circle
GST 2.0 slabs simplify compliance and aid businesses, but may widen deficits and blunt long-term economic growth.| Policy Circle
States compete to loosen labour laws, but ignoring worker welfare may erode productivity, stability, and investor confidence. #labourlaws #Maharashtra| Policy Circle
India must promote humanities in IITs. IITs risk losing their global edge if they abandon humanities, the key to ethical and creative engineering breakthroughs. #IITs #humanities #education| Policy Circle
Tamil Nadu’s pivot to English medium schooling reflects a national trend that may undermine both learning outcomes and cultural fluency. #education #NEP| Policy Circle
A 50% US tariff threatens India’s $33bn export market, with MSMEs in textiles and gems bearing the sharpest blow. #MSMEs #tariffs #US| Policy Circle
Heatwave-related deaths among the elderly signal a pressing challenge at the intersection of climate change and ageing.| Policy Circle
TCS, Infosys, and other Indian IT firms are betting on AI research, IP creation, and niche talent to survive global disruption.| Policy Circle
Q1 corporate earnings and profits rise, but India’s private sector faces its toughest slowdown since 2023. #corporateslowdown #IndiaInc| Policy Circle
Growing exclusion of agricultural labour is undermining rural growth, highlighting the urgent need for social security and skill investment.| Policy Circle
DOJ move in Google monopoly case could end default deals, open data, and decide who wins the next wave of AI assistants. #Google #antitrust| Policy Circle
With WTO gridlock and Trump tariffs escalating, India’s agriculture sector struggles to balance trade, climate, and farmer demands. #WTO #agriculture #tariffs| Policy Circle
India is seizing the chance of to turn brain drain into brain gain as US politics pushes scientists to reconsider their future. #reversemigration| Policy Circle
The Supreme Court ruling on Delhi’s stray dogs revives questions about animal rights and India’s outdated legal framework.| Policy Circle
The RBI’s inflation target review may decide whether India keeps the 4% target or shifts course. #inflation #RBI #MPC| Policy Circle
The Supreme Court’s reversal on relocating stray dogs highlights the need for humane, science-driven policies balancing health and coexistence. #straydog #SCrulings| Policy Circle
Trump’s Europe policy casts allies as supplicants, while Russia reaps the benefits of his authoritarian admiration.| Policy Circle
US tariffs expose vulnerabilities of India's agriculture sector, demanding urgent reforms in jobs, land, and climate resilience. #agriculture #farmsector #economy| Policy Circle
Strategic depth, defence ties, and energy needs make India-Russia ties resilient — even in the face of US tariff threat.| Policy Circle
With rapid model cycles and battery advances, Chinese automakers are transforming the EV market and reshaping global auto industry dynamics. #China #EVs| Policy Circle
Beijing’s mega dam in Tibet may spark irreversible ecological and geopolitical shifts in the Brahmaputra basin.| Policy Circle
Trump’s tariff threats, strategic humiliation, and embrace of Pakistan expose the limits of India’s US-aligned foreign policy. #trumptariffs #pakarmy| Policy Circle
With arms control collapsing and proliferation risks rising, experts say the world is closer than ever to nuclear conflict.| Policy Circle
Muted market relief hides the cost — 15‑20 % US tariffs disrupt supply chains, punish exporters and undercut the rules‑based trade order.| Policy Circle
Trump tariffs play to politics, raising household costs and leaving a $3tn hole in the federal budget math.| Policy Circle
India’s ageing crisis is female-led, but policies remain blind to women’s work, health, and retirement needs. #ageing #gender| Policy Circle
New Delhi’s future lies in balanced India-China relations, not in chasing fragile promises from the US. #IndiaChina #trade #economy| Policy Circle
The two-slab GST reform could boost consumption, but state governments worry about annual losses of up to Rs 1.1 trillion. #GST #statefinances| Policy Circle
New Goa aggregator policy blends regulation with market freedom, setting a template for India’s urban mobility reforms. #Goa #EV #taxi| Policy Circle
The government’s deepwater exploration drive seeks to ease import pressure but faces high costs and environmental risks. #deepwater #oil #gas #energy| Policy Circle
India lacks a law to compensate victims of wrongful imprisonment, eroding trust in justice and violating Article 21 guarantees.| Policy Circle
US tariffs on Indian exports could spur a SCO-led push to reshape global trade and payment systems. #UStariffs #SCOsummit| Policy Circle
Indian diplomacy must target integration of deep manufacturing and trade —not wide but shallow partnerships.| Policy Circle
SCO-led initiatives seek to transform global trade and payment systems to bypass western financial control.| Policy Circle
With unified regulation, low costs, and long trading hours, GIFT City is positioning itself as India’s gateway to global capital.| Policy Circle
US-India trade — from textiles to auto parts — faces a steep decline as Trump turns tariffs into a weapon.| Policy Circle
Household debt in India is growing, but anchored by housing, education, and a resilient financial system. #EMIs #household #debt #credit| Policy Circle
Indian economy continues to outperform peers, but sustaining growth will require deeper reforms and coordinated fiscal strategies.| Policy Circle
As India enjoys demographic dividend, northern states are still booming while the south ages fast. Industry and investment must follow people. #demographicdividend #population| Policy Circle
Without parallel fixes in school quality and faculty retention, campuses of foreign universities in India risk deepening the very inequalities they are meant to cure. #highereducation| Policy Circle
AI in education has become a norm— but can India’s education system teach students to use these tools without losing their moral compass? #AI #education #learning| Policy Circle
Debdulal Thakur is Professor, Vinayaka Mission’s School of Economics and Public Policy, Chennai.| Policy Circle
India’s public finance education needs a course correction—one that brings its own thinkers into the heart of fiscal policy discourse. #publicfinance #Arthashstra #Kautilya #education| Policy Circle
A differentiated, scenario-based strategy is vital to align funding, reform, and autonomy for India's urban local bodies. #policy #Indiancities| Policy Circle
Without courageous #succession planning, India’s #familyenterprises risk becoming monuments to past glory rather than engines of future #growth.| Policy Circle
Moody's downgrade of US sovereign credit reflects not just debt levels but a deeper malaise in America’s political and economic machinery. #Moody's #creditrating| Policy Circle
From #hashtags to #inflation, modern wars are won as much on #socialmedia and economic stability as they are on the battlefield. #inflation #misinformation| Policy Circle
With lawsuits mounting, India must urgently reform its copyright and liability laws to regulate generative AI responsibly. #AI #GenerativeAI| Policy Circle
Srinath Sridharan is a strategic counsel with 25 years experience with leading corporates across diverse sectors including automobiles, e-commerce, advertising and financial services. He understands and ideates on intersection of finance, digital, contextual-finance, consumer, mobility, Urban transformation, and ESG. Actively engaged across growth policy conversations and public policy issues.| Policy Circle
While Trump’s pronouncements at the Crypto Summit 2025 have thrilled industry leaders, it hasn't addressed concerns over market volatility, regulatory gaps, and conflicts of interest. #crypto #CryptoSummit2025| Policy Circle
Beneath the facade of transformative projects lies poor urban governance and neglect that betray the hopes of millions. #UrbanGovernance #infrastructure #cities| Policy Circle
Policy reforms and strategic investments are redefining India's education system, ensuring that state public universities remain at the forefront of national development. #universities| Policy Circle
While the government continues to increase allocation of welfare funds, unspent funds accumulating in state accounts reveal a disconnect between policy intent and execution. #welfare #policy #states #govt| Policy Circle
As the rupee plunges to new lows against the dollar, companies with foreign debt are grappling with soaring repayment costs and mounting financial strain. #rupee #foreigndebt| Policy Circle
With OMCs facing global price volatility, government subsidies and strategic diversification will determine the resilience of India's LPG industry. #LPG #OMCs #industry| Policy Circle
Indian economy has the potential to emerge as an economic powerhouse, but only if it tackles its manufacturing deficit, human capital constraints, and trade reluctance. #IndianEconomy #China| Policy Circle
Farm mechanisation will not only enhance yields and resource efficiency, but also empower women, youth, and smallholder farmers for sustainability of agriculture.| Policy Circle
India’s outdated approach to food security has led to rising malnutrition and non-communicable diseases, demanding urgent reforms in regulation and consumer affairs. #foodsecurity| Policy Circle
