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India’s food subsidy problem is not welfare. It is procurement without discipline. Rising MSPs, free grain and excess rice stocks are stretching fiscal space. #FoodSubsidy #MSP
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Carbon intensity is becoming an export test. India’s renewable push can aid competitiveness, but only if industry gets reliable clean power, storage, finance, and sectoral decarbonisation plans. #IndiaExports #CleanEnergy
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India’s dairy debate is not just about cattle protection. It is about animal welfare, rural jobs, nutrition and mixed farming. The answer is in enforceable welfare standards and serious livestock reform. #DairyIndustry #Livestock
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World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2026 calls for moving beyond awareness. India needs trained health workers, legal aid, bank safeguards, regulated care homes, local monitoring and better data. #WEAAD2026 #ElderAbuse
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Jun 15
India’s AI challenge is not only about job losses or productivity gains. It is about whether 600 million workers can reskill fast enough. The safest skill in the AI economy is the ability to keep learning. #AIjobsindia #skillindia
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Jun 15
Kerala’s White Paper confirms the crisis: ₹5.07 lakh crore debt, weak own revenue, and committed spending crowding out development. The June 19 Budget must tax prosperity, reform pensions and protect welfare from fiscal drift. #KeralaBudget #FiscalPolicy
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Jun 15
The UK-India trade pact and Vision 2035 must link British research depth with Indian scale through joint labs, shared IP, venture funds, dual degrees, and technology partnerships. #IndiaUK #CETA
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Jun 15
NFHS-6 shows India’s health gains are real. But the next challenge is harder: chronic disease, ageing, mental health, climate risks and local capacity. #NFHS6
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Recent technological progress and the Strait of Hormuz crisis present an opportunity for India’s energy transition goals. But it requires strategic planning and supportive policies. #iranwar #hormuzcrisis
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The WTO e-commerce deal is a limited advance, not a multilateral triumph. It gives digital trade a partial rulebook, but only for participating members. #WTO #DigitalTrade
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India’s ethanol push has worked till E20. But E30 and E85 need more than fiscal incentives. Older vehicles, lower mileage, warranty doubts and feedstock stress cannot be brushed aside. #Ethanol #E20 #FlexFuel
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India counts roads, ports and digital infrastructure as investment. It counts women’s unpaid care work as nothing. Time-use data shows the double burden is rising. #UnpaidCareWork #CareEconomy #IndiaEconomy
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Jun 12
India’s fertiliser subsidy bill may double to ₹3.4 lakh crore in FY27. The issue is not farmer support, but a system that rewards fertiliser consumption and distorts nutrient use.
#fertilisersubsidy #fertiliserimports #policycircle
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IndiaAI Mission is a useful start, not proof of capability. India must move beyond subsidised compute access to durable public AI infrastructure. #IndiaAI #DigitalPublicInfrastructure
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Jun 11
India’s agri-tech push is now public digital infrastructure. But Farmer IDs, drones and AI advisories will help only if tenant farmers, women cultivators and smallholders are not excluded. #AgriTech #DigitalAgriculture
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Panchayats have constitutional status, but weak accounts and poor data keep them fiscally dependent. Permanent SFC cells, standardised accounting and gram panchayat-level databases are essential. #PanchayatiRaj #PublicFinance
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India’s pharma strength rests on a weak API base. The new bulk drugs push must go beyond PLI: rebuild chemistry, fermentation capacity, effluent treatment, common utilities and research links. #Pharma #APIs
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India’s manufacturing push cannot rely on scale and low costs alone. Industrial R&D remains too weak, especially among SMEs. PLI, ANRF and SME support must now reward research. #IndustrialR&D #IndiaManufacturing #SMEs #Innovation
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India’s work-hours debate misses the point. Longer shifts may raise output, but not productivity. Higher incomes need better wages, lower work costs, stronger incentives, skills, capital, and management. #Productivity #IndiaEconomy
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India’s fuel dilemma is simple but painful: consumers cannot bear the full shock, OMCs cannot absorb it forever, and the Budget cannot hide it. LPG under-recoveries show why India needs targeted subsidies. #EnergySecurity #FuelPrices
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