2/2 Read his analysis for BasisPoint:
Why State Finances are Feeling the Strain: A Case Study of Three States 👇

#FiscalFederalism #StateFinances #PublicFinance #PoliticalEconomy #IndiaEconomy #SubnationalDebt

3/3 Read TK Arun’s column for BasisPoint:
When Legacy is an Externality for a Commercial Ops, Who Should Pay to Sustain it?

#CitySystems #MarketFailures #Governance #CommunityValue #India

2/3 Cities like Paris, San Francisco, and London have policies to support such legacy establishments—through rent support, zoning, and community intervention. Should Indian cities do the same to preserve the spirit of their streets before they all start to look the same?

#CulturalHeritage

2/2 The core question: should merchant bankers be held more accountable for IPO pricing and investor outcomes? Disclosure is vital, but true stewardship demands more.

Read the full analysis by R Gurumurthy to unpack what India’s IPO wave really signals. 👇

#CapitalFormation #FinancialGovernance

2/2 Read Akshi Chawla’s Unemployment Tracker for BasisPoint to unpack the headline number—and the deeper structural shifts behind it.

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#YouthEmployment #IndiaEconomy #EconomicData #PLFS

3/3 Can India's banks reclaim customer trust in the digital age? Read and share your thoughts.

#RBI #PublicSystems #Governance #BankingReform

2/3 In her latest piece, Alpana Killawala, explores the structural gaps in customer service, from overworked bank staff to lack of regulatory awareness, and suggests bold, tech-driven solutions to fix them — like AI-powered helpdesks and mandatory employee training modules.

#InstitutionalTrust

3/3 Read how Indian Railways manages fatigue, vacancies, and safety at scale — and why other sectors could learn from it.

#WorkforceDesign #Governance #India

2/3 Former railway technocrat Shubhranshu explains the secret: rigorous recruitment, phased training, rest-linked scheduling, and institutional discipline honed over decades. From simulators to sleep pods, the system is built for resilience.

#SafetyManagement #PublicInfrastructure

2/2 They explore digital overreach, semiconductor self-reliance, infrastructure’s real multiplier, corporate trust under pressure, and the hard choices ahead on climate and energy.

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3/3 If tokenised dollars or yuan become embedded in global finance, India risks being a passive user of someone else’s system. The question isn’t whether stablecoins are perfect—it’s whether refusing them offers more safety than shaping them does.

Read R. Gurumurthy's column for BasisPoint 👇

2/3 But in a world where money is becoming programmable, networked, and borderless, outright rejection may prove riskier than conditional engagement.

#MonetarySovereignty #CentralBanking #FinancialGovernance #RBI #SystemicRisk