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Housing as infra, not an afterthought
16 September 2026
By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith Cities are powerful drivers of national economic growth, and in India the largest share of that growth is concentrated in a handful of them. [...]
India knows where extreme weather is coming. It doesn’t know what it will cost
10 September 2026
By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith On 26 August a glacier came away above the Nepal-Tibet border, killing more than a thousand people and leaving a reconstruction bill Nepal’s finance [...]
How to Unlock India’s Growth Paradox
10 September 2026
Dr. Amit Kapoor in a conversation with Ravi Sarathy is a Professor of International Business and Strategy at Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business and co-host of International [...]
India’s battery rules have run ahead of its instruments
3 September 2026
By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith India’s battery ambition is usually discussed as a manufacturing problem. Forty gigawatt hours of cell capacity awarded, 1.4 commissioned, the rest still largely land. [...]
As SEMICON 2026 arrives, where does India’s chip ambition really stand?
23 August 2026
By Amit Kapoor and Kartik From 17 to 19 September 2026, the global semiconductor industry will have its eyes fixed on New Delhi, as India hosts SEMICON, South Asia’s largest semiconductor manufacturing [...]
Reimagining Urban Housing in India: Why Ownership Alone Is Not Enough
22 August 2026
By Amit Kapoor and Mohammad Saad Since independence, India has witnessed a wide range of housing initiatives aimed at reducing the country’s housing shortage. Although these programmes have achieved [...]
India’s solar transition enters its second half
16 August 2026
By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith India’s solar transition enters its second half A few days ago, the cabinet approved 5,000 megawatts of floating solar, backed by ₹5,070 crore. It stressed [...]
The freedom we need to create
14 August 2026
By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajit Growth, people and climate are one freedom Vande Mataram will be sung from the ramparts of the Red Fort this morning, a hundred and [...]
India must settle what its cities are for
13 August 2026
By Amit Kapoor Today the tricolour flies over cities that did not exist in their present form when it was first raised. Gurugram was farmland, Bengaluru a pensioners’ town and [...]
Can India Keep Its Wind Power Ecosystem Turning?
13 August 2026
By Amit Kapoor and Anandita Doda Wind is measured in India the way most infrastructure is measured, by how much of it exists. Fifty-seven gigawatts, second among renewables, fourth in [...]
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