Making secondary school and higher education more autonomous
We need to remain cognizant that no countrywide silver bullet to our higher education problems exists given the great diversity...
Getting primary education right
With NEP20 suggesting five years of formalised foundational education for all the 73 mn children, plus 10 years of regular...
Pushing the pedal on universal health care in India
A rare silver lining of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is the attention it has forced to addressing the public health...
Universal health care: A chimera or a reality?
Perhaps most worrisome is India’s gross inability to spend more on health, the starting point for any change. Policymakers...
Policy changes and actions needed for employment-creation
While the role of private enterprise will be paramount, the State must act unhesitatingly as an active enabler for the...
Recognise employment as essential for development
We need to reframe ‘development’ away from aggregate measures of growth towards a sharper, more telling focus on the advancement...
Needed, surgical strike against Chinese economy
While the Chinese economy may be four and a half times India’s, it is still a developing nation, and similar...
Public policy must be more people-centric
The overarching design of policies must start with the bottom of the pyramid. New Delhi: For far too long,...
