Commentary

Educated youth face a challenging job market with fewer middle-skill opportunities. Many new jobs are in low-productivity agriculture or informal services. AI threatens cognitive jobs, widening the existing skills divide. India must create productive non-farm work and expand tech-complementary roles. Targeted AI skilling is crucial to secure the demographic dividend.

An in-depth study of what global rating agencies examine in their assessment could guide an approach to debt management that would help deliver upgrades over time. This matters—a better rating would help lower the cost of capital in India.

With foreign aid cuts and strained domestic budgets, the way forward may be to spend available money better

India’s urban agenda cannot treat women’s employment as an automatic by-product of growth

As India invests heavily in transport infrastructure, it mustn’t neglect the cost imposed by patchy final-stretch connectivity. For those reliant on public transport, it could be the difference between a brighter future and missed opportunities.

It’s time for the country to shift from an import-and-store model to a circulate-and-recycle one. There is plenty of gold lying immobile in the country and various measures can be taken to mobilize it. Here’s what should be done.