New Delhi, March 10 -- In 123 BCE, Gaius Gracchus passed the lex frumentaria, a law mandating that the Roman state sell grain to citizens at a fixed below-market price. The aim was modest: stabilize f... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 24 -- In his book Increasing Returns and Path Dependence in the Economy, economist W. Brian Arthur explains how institutional outcomes often persist not because they are efficient, but... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Indian Budgets are often remembered for symbols. One of the most cited examples is N.D. Tiwari's "sindoor Budget" of the 1980s, recalled less for its fiscal impact than for a toke... Read More
New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- Economic Survey 2025-26 deserves credit for elevating state capacity from a background condition to a central analytical concern. It moves the policy conversation beyond the fami... Read More
New Delhi, Jan. 4 -- India has 54 million pending cases, 47 million in district courts, 6.3 million in high courts and nearly 90,000 in the Supreme Court, with just 25,000 judges to handle them. This... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 29 -- For most of modern history, infection was a matter of fate. A cut could kill. Pneumonia could be a death sentence. Childbirth itself was dangerous. What changed this was antibiot... Read More