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Wednesday, August 27, 2025
TopicCentre For Policy Research

Topic: Centre For Policy Research

Better data can improve public education in India – draft National Education Policy says it too

Kiran Bhatty -
The new draft education policy has called for ‘a major effort’ in data collection, analysis and organisation.

India can’t commit to climate change abroad and be non-compliant on environment at home

Manju Menon -
Government’s hurriedly thought out mechanisms have neither improved environmental performance of projects, nor reduced legal cases against polluting ones.

Modi govt electrified India with poles & wires, but challenge is to keep electrons flowing

Ashwini K. Swain -
A major barrier to electricity access in India remains the concurrence between economic poverty and energy poverty.

Modi’s India can compete & co-exist with Xi’s China. Negative foreign policy will only hurt

Zorawar Daulet Singh -
India and China are right in staying away from a Cold War-style competition in the subcontinent.

Indian states have fought over shared rivers for long. Modi must make them cooperate now

Srinivas Chokkakula -
The political process under Modi must redefine the Centre-state division of powers on rivers, or take up water agenda along the lines of GST reforms.

Patchwork laws can’t solve India’s water crisis, Modi govt must push these 2 key bills now

Philippe Cullet -
The water shortage in India needs to be addressed at all levels – ground and surface, state and Centre.

Modi govt must tackle air pollution by going beyond urban-centric tactics

Santosh Harish -
Air pollution is a public health emergency affecting all of India, not just Delhi and not just in winter.

Indian children are schooling, not learning. Modi govt must fix it with national edu policy

Yamini Aiyar -
Easy to measure metrics, ‘syllabus completion’ & ‘pass percentages’ have held classrooms hostage. Education policy has the power to change it.

India must shun Nehruvian metropolis bias & turn to small cities for urban economic growth

Mukta Naik -
India’s urban policy attributes the messiness to migrants, slums and poverty, and its preferred antidote is a Chandigarh-like order.

India’s problem is its policy to pamper China while treating weak Pak as full-blown threat

Bharat Karnad -
India needs disruptive foreign and security policies. Modi government’s most difficult decision will be to resume nuclear testing.
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Opinion

Severe Hyderabad internet outages make it an IT hub without the IT part

Yunus Lasania -
Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.

A vicious pest is teaching Americans a lesson on why global cooperation matters

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Sergio Gor as US envoy raises red flags. Delhi must read the signal, be optimistic

Economy

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

Ruchi Bhattar -
New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Defence

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

National Interest

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Shekhar Gupta -
Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.

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