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One Big Commission, One Old Question: Will Our Teachers Finally Get a Fair Deal?
Ayush Kumar Upadhyay, Aug 12, 2026 If you ask any young teacher in India about how they got their job, you will hear three letters in the middle of the story: TET. The Teacher Eligibility Test determines whether a person is eligible to enter the classroom. It seems like a no-brainer: pass an exam, demonstrate…
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Beyond the Vision Statement: Revisiting India’s National Urban Transport Policy
Every morning, millions of Indians lose hours they’ll never get back stuck in traffic on roads that were never built with people in mind. In 2006, India’s National Urban Transport Policy diagnosed exactly why, and proposed a genuinely radical fix: reallocate road space from vehicles to people, fund cities through the land they sit on,…
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Why India’s Urban Local Bodies Need a New Fiscal Compact?
India is undergoing unprecedented urbanisation at a very fast pace. Over one-third of the country’s population now resides in urban areas, and urban centers account for more than 60 per cent of India’s GDP. The institutions responsible for managing this urban transition, the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), however, remain financially dependent, have limited revenue sources,…