All Things Policy
Episodes
The Fall of Homo Economicus?
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The entire edifice of economics is predicated on the assumption that human beings are rational creatures, who are capable of maximising their self-int...
A Quad for All Seasons
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
U.S. President Joe Biden hosted an unusual Quad Summit at his residence in his hometown of Wilmington. Despite the intimate setting, the summit result...
From Arrest of Telegram CEO to Banning of X: Decoding the Churn in Global Social Media Landscape
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
August 2024 was an eventful month for the global social media landscape. Pavel Durov, CEO of the popular Telegram platform was arrested in France. In ...
Donating Data: An Approach
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of All Things Policy, Carl Jaison speaks to Pranav Gupta, PhD candidate in Political Science at UC Berkeley on the idea of ‘Data Daa...
Aiming Better for India's Guns
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
India has had an uneven history with military firearms. Satya Sahu walks us through how the country has variously designed, reverse-engineered, and im...
Pagers, Walkie-Talkies, and Supply Chain Security
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
KPM Das and Pranay Kotasthane discuss recent wireless device explosions in Lebanon. They assess what these developments mean for India's supply ch...
India’s fiscal allocations imbalance
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Sarthak Pradhan and Arindam Goswami in this episode of All Things Policy, where we'll dive deep into a very important problem in public finan...
Skilling India's Future: Adapting Economic and Geopolitical Shifts
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of All things policy, Avinash Shet is in conversation with Arindam Goswami. They discuss India’s talent landscape, the talent gap an...
Is India emerging as an advanced energy superpower?
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we have Mr. Debmalya Sen, who currently leads the World Economic Forum’s global initiatives on Advanced Energy Solutions and is lea...
Why is AI Hardware a Policy Concern?
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Ashwin and Satya as they engage in a brief conversation on the reasons why AI hardware has become a critical public policy question, and why poli...
Untapped job opportunities for women in mobility business
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s a good use case to increase the Women Labour Force Participation Rates. This is an opportunity for women to ensure fellow women get to workpl...
Lay of the Land: Surveying Ideas, Choices and People
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of 'All Things Policy', Takshashila Institution Analysts Anushka Saxena and Vanshika Saraf quiz the Associate Director at Pew ...
Big challenges and ambitious missions
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In July 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to land on the moon. In May 2020, in response to Covid-19, the US Federal Governm...
Building greenfield industrial cities in India
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Recently, the Union Cabinet approved a programme to develop 12 new industrial cities with an investment of ₹28,602 crore. The goal is to boost manuf...
AI and Trade: India's New Frontier
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of All Things Policy, Anisree Suresh and Mariam Azeemuddin discuss AI’s impact on international trade and India’s prospects. AI...
Growing PLA's High-Altitude Helicopter Infrastructure in Tibet
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of All Things Policy, Ashwin Prasad quizzes Dr. Y. Nithiyanandam on the strategic significance of PLA heliports and helipads in Tibet,...
Showing Up for Taiwan, In Taiwan
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On 21 August, 2024, the Lai Ching-te dispensation in Taiwan organised its first edition of the Ketagalan Forum, which was overall the 8th edition of t...
Challenges to Sports Broadcasting Rights in India
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharati Act) Act requires private broadcasters in India to share live feeds of sports d...
What Should India Do About Strategic Electronics?
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Anushka Saxena and Satya Sahu as they discuss the reasons why policymakers should prioritise the Indigenisation of strategic electronics over aim...
Obesity - Why Should We Care
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A health epidemic that is creeping up silently on a global scale is Obesity. Is this really a problem? Should governments intervene? If yes, in what w...
Chinese Industrial Overcapacity: Debate or Reality?
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the past few months, the issue of surplus supply or 'overcapacity' in the Chinese production ecosystem has led to a ringing of alarm bells ...
Competition in the Cloud
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Competition in cloud services is increasingly important as digital services are moving to the cloud. Satya Sahu and Bharath Reddy speak with Payal Mal...
Ethical concerns with synthetic biology
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It is estimated that over the next 30 years, synthetic biology will affect more than $30 billion of economic activity. Saurabh Todi and Shambhavi Naik...
Is an Inter-State Migration Council the Need of the Hour?
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
According to estimates, 2024 marks the point when the absolute size of the working age (20-64) population of OECD, or Organisation for Economic Co-ope...
How should the government support the Indian space industry?
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The recent budget announced the creation of a ₹1000 Crore Venture Capital fund for space startups in the country. Join Ashwin and Vanshika in this e...
Inside India's indigenous jet engine Aspirations
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On India's way towards Atmanirbharta, one of the critical technologies, the Jet Engine, is still on the checklist. The path to this has been long ...
Reimagining Social Security for 21st Century India
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our social security system suffers from inadequate coverage and financing. In this episode, Arindam and Ashwin discuss a new approach that could effec...
The Bangladesh Crisis and India
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There is no doubt that the fall of Shaikh Hasina’s democratically elected government in Bangladesh poses both a strategic as well as a diplomatic ch...
GM Mustard and Natural Farming- Story so far and the way ahead
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There were 2 important developments in the biotech/science field. One, The SC gave a split verdict on the GM mustard issue. Two, the government announ...
The second order effect of sports
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sports is a universal language, it transcends borders, cultures and ideologies. We witnessed how at the recent Olympics, humanity, grace and the spiri...
Language in Education: Multilingualism in Indian Classrooms
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With 22 scheduled languages and 19,500 languages and/or dialects in India, multilingualism is a reality in all aspects of life. India's classroom...
Indo-Pak History and Civil-Military Relations
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of All Things Policy, Adya Madhavan is in conversation with Dr Srinath Raghavan on the legacy of partition. Dr Raghavan sheds light on...
Student bus concession in Kerala
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kerala had a policy intervention to incentivise education in the state way back in 1963, with over 75% subsidy in ticket pricing for students travelli...
From IPC & CrPC to BNS & BNSS: Navigating India’s New Criminal Justice Landscape
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of All Things Policy, Mariam Azeemuddin and Rohan Pai discuss the transition from the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Code of Criminal...
The Much-Anticipated 'Third Plenum' Leaves Questions Unanswered
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Between 15 and 18 July, 2024, the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China conducted its much-anticipated Third Plenum meeting, and prod...
Public Transport in Indian Cities - To Monopolise or not to Monopolise?
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Should the state have a monopoly on the transport system, or should we have private players? And how does one regulate such private players? Should st...
India's Whey Protein Market: Demand and Supply Conundrum
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of All Things Policy, Anisree Suresh and Rohan Pai delve into the imbalances between demand and supply in India's whey protein mar...
Reading India's Employment Outlook
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How does the employment scenario look in India? What is the quality of jobs being created? What are the aspirations of India's youth, and is the I...
How the Survey of India is Shaping Digital Transformation in India?
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Y Nithiyanandam, Professor and Head of Geospatial Research at the Takshashila Institution, engages in a stimulating conversation ...
The Olympics & India’s Sporting Culture
03 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Should the promotion of a sporting culture be an objective of the government? How have CSR contributions helped to plug the gaps in the sports ecosyst...
Reincarnation of the Dalai Lama
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the episode of All Things Policy, Rakshith explores the complexities surrounding the reincarnation process of the Dalai Lama and China's attemp...
Jobs Beku, Reservations Beda!
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Karnataka government was set to table the Karnataka State Employment of Local Candidates in the Industries, Factories and Other Establishments Bil...
Strategic Storytelling in Public Policy
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Public policy is shaped by more than just economic principles and political ideologies. How is policy influenced by popular narratives and how can the...
Menstrual leave
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Should there be a national menstrual leave policy? In this ATP episode, Suman Joshi and Shambhavi Naik discuss the merits and challenges of implementi...
The Politics of Labour
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With geopolitical competition bearing heavy on economic globalisation, the past few years have seen a lot of talk about the politicisation of capital....
China's Nukes Puzzle
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The People's Republic of China is estimated to have the fastest-growing nuclear arsenal in the world. What's driving this expansion? Is it new...
Space Reforms in India: A Job Half Done
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why are all the rocket launches from India from ISRO? What are the opportunities and risks of allowing private players into the space sector? What are...
The Problem with Chinese Legacy Chips
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Anushka, Satya, and Amit as they engage in a conversation about why Chinese legacy chips have become a geopolitical flashpoint lately, and why th...
Women's Economic Empowerment
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of All Things Policy, Mariam Azeemuddin and Anisree Suresh explores the challenges hindering women's economic empowerment in India...
SCO, NATO & Russia: How is India Navigating the Global Churn?
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The past few weeks have seen landmark events in international affairs, which impact Indian interests. The SCO Summit in Astana was followed by Prime M...
Does Public Policy need a hero?
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The hero is the oldest and most popular archetype used in our society and is usually an expression of our collective unconscious. In the context of pu...
Is the world de-dollarising?
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sridhar Krishna speaks to Anupam Manur on the purpose of money and the role of global currency. They discuss the rise of the dollar and whether the cu...
Who Killed the Fundamental Right to Property in India?
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Who Killed the Fundamental Right to Property in India? The greatest casualty in the battle between the Parliament and the Supreme Court of India for s...
Maritime Domain Awareness: What Does It Mean to India?
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tune in to our latest episode, "Maritime Domain Awareness: What Does It Mean to India?" where Dr. Y. Nithiyanandam, Professor and Head of Ge...
Sports: Weaving compelling narratives
13 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Storytelling in sports transcends social demographics and can create a strong emotional connection between fans and athletes. Rajaraman, a sports comm...
Industrial Subsidy wars
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of All Things Policy, Anisree Suresh and Mariam Azeemuddin explore the industrial subsidy wars and how they affect international trade...
China's Military Preparedness in Tibet and Xinjiang
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of ATP, Amit Kumar quizzes Anushka Saxena about the Chinese People's Liberation Army's preparedness in the Western Theatre Com...
Can India be the Next China?
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As the Indian economy comes under greater scrutiny amidst a heightening global sentiment surrounding diversification of supply chains away from China,...
Dying to Know You
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Grief, one of the many quintessential human experiences, has steadily begun to make its foray into the tech industry. Previously thought to have only ...
Does economic freedom impact social norms?
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How have social norms changed over time? What is the empirical relationship between economic freedom and social norms? What public policy insights can...
India’s EV Policy: Path to a Sustainable Future?
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Srinivasan Iyengar and Arindam Goswami in this episode of All Things Policy, where they dive deep into India's ambitious electric vehicle (EV...
The East is Green: China's New Energy Landscape
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of All Things Policy, Rakshith explores China's remarkable transformation into a clean energy superpower with Kyle Chan, a Postdoc...
The Regulatory Maze of Indian Fintech
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Indian fintechs, touted as the posterchild of India’s digital growth story, have been made possible by a coming together of favorable demographics, ...
Information Gap in Television News
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
According to Broadcast Audience Research Council data, India has a total TV viewing audience of close to 900 million and roughly 400 news channels. Bu...
Trade and Climate Change
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Climate change is increasingly at the forefront of domestic and international policy priorities, and solutions are urgently needed. The expansion of g...
Is Nuclear fusion always 20 years away?
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr.Nithiyanandam Yogeswaran and Sridhar Krishna question the long-touted line that nuclear fusion holds great promise and is only 20 years away. They ...
Indian startups are building rockets
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ananya and Ashwin explore the exciting world of Indian startups developing space launch vehicles. In the context of the recent testfl...
Apple Intelligence: Cloudy with a Chance of Privacy
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Apple has announced that they are deeply integrating AI into the operating systems for their devices. Rijesh Panicker and Bharath Reddy discuss how Ap...
India's Small Arm Woes
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Indian Army recently ordered the first indigenously designed and manufactured submachine gun, the ASMI. In this episode of All Things Policy, join...
Big Challenges for Small Island Developing States
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The 4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4), held in Antigua and Barbuda from 27 to 30 May 2024, brought with it renewe...
Amendments to India's Animal Laws
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The PCA (Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) Act, 1960, though progressive on paper, is outdated and lacks the teeth to make an impact in today's da...
Exploring the Tibet Angle in Contemporary Geopolitics
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Recently, the US Congress has passed a unanimous bill to promote resolution of the Tibet-China dispute, with a two-fold aim to encourage China to comm...
How is Online Grocery Shopping impacting Consumers?
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Urban Indians are increasingly buying groceries online. Shambhavi Naik, Ashwin Prasad and Shreya Ramakrishnan discuss the good and bad of online gro...
10K CSR Marathon
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sowmya Prabhakar & Ashwin Kak discuss about all things CSR. This year marks a decade since the CSR law was introduced. We talk ab...
Journey Through Tibet: Unlocking the Secrets of Transport Infrastructure
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for an insightful episode of " Journey Through Tibet: Unlocking the Secrets of Transport Infrastructure," where Shreya Ramakrishnan,...
China at Shangri La Dialogue 2024
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of All Things Policy, Anushka Saxena and Amit Kumar discuss China's Representation at the recently concluded Shangri La Dialogue 2...
Will the Coalition Government Witness Legislative Reforms?
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Indian politics has re-entered the coalition era with the new government under PM Narendra Modi being sworn in last week. Given that coalition governm...
Innovation policy and private sector R&D
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There is a lot of focus worldwide and in India in spurring innovation and private sector R&D. Join Arindam Goswami and Ashwin Prasad in this episo...
How Xi Thinks of ‘Extreme Scenarios’
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2023, Chinese President Xi Jinping warned that his country must be prepared for “worst-case and extreme scenarios” both at home and abroad. Is ...
Foreign Policy And Strategic Priorities For The New Government
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As a new government takes shape in New Delhi, what are some of the key foreign policy and strategic challenges that lie before it? This question will ...
Protecting the welfare of farmed animals
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do animals have a voice? Not many are aware that India's animal laws are actually forward looking. Come discover this and other empirical evidence...
China, Russia, and the Balance of Power
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The China-Russia 'no limits partnership' has become part and parcel of deliberations on the nature of the world order today. Most recently, Xi...
Decreasing Usefulness of Online Ratings
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of All Things Policy, Saurabh Todi and Anupam Manur discuss the decreasing quality of online reviews and ways in which vendors, platfo...
Anti-Satellite Warfare: Direct Ascent Missiles
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ashwin Prasad and Nandika Rohith explore India's Direct Ascent Anti-Satellite (DA-ASAT) missile technology, detailing its capabil...
Beyond boundaries: exploring India's space odyssey
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
India has recently taken huge steps to open up the space sector to private entities. Join Arindam Goswami and Ashwin Prasad in this episode of All Thi...
Drone Warfare: Eyes in the Air
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you are curious to know about the evolution of drones & the way it's changing the landscape of Military Warfare, here's an episode put ...
Are Main Battle Tanks Obsolete?
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of All Things Policy, Rakshith Shetty quizzes Amit Kumar on the utility and relevance of MBTs in modern warfare in the context of heav...
Are Professions Noble?
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Professions in India such as doctors, advocates and teachers have been accorded an elevated status of nobility. The idea that professions are noble ha...
Role of Indian states in driving bioeconomy
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
India's growth in bioeconomy will require strong regional inputs. In this episode, Shambhavi Naik and Saurabh Todi discuss why individual states s...
China's Great Green Leap Forward
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of "All Things Policy," Rakshith explores China's remarkable rise as a green energy superpower with Wanyuan Song, a sect...
Sports as an Accelerator of Social Change
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of All Things Policy, we are joined by Deepthi Bopaiah who is the CEO of GoSports Foundation, a National award winning non-profit orga...
All Things Climate Policy
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of "All Things Climate Policy," Rakshith explores the complexities of climate policy and its global impact with Dr Simon Eva...
Hurdles to India's Domestic Mobile Manufacturing
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
India is the second largest mobile phone market in the world and produces 97% of it's mobile phone demand locally. However, the sector is increasi...
What the Urban Heat Island effect means to us
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The year 2023 was globally the hottest on record. India was no different. Temperature spikes in 2024 are indeed worrying policymakers, but the common ...
Nukes in Space?
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The United States has accused Russia of developing a space-based "nuclear device" capable of targeting other satellites. What could such a d...
Lessons from South Korea’s use of Industry Policies
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
South Korea's economic trajectory from a low-income, agriculture-based economy in the 1950s to a high-income, technology, and innovation leader is...
Did India attempt a self goal on Digital trade tariffs?
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to this episode of All Things Policy where Anushka Saxena and Sridhar Krishna question India's stance on digital trade and opposing the mor...
Beyond the Coastline
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
India’s regional connectivity strategy has seemingly focused its efforts on maritime domains. A recent working paper by the Centre for Social and Ec...
De(Generative) AI: Is ChatGPT Killing The Essay?
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of All Things Policy, Rohan Pai and Anisree Suresh discuss the various knee-jerk responses from educational institutions to prevent ac...
The Larger Message Behind Antony Blinken's China Visit
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited China in the last week of April in what many feel is a landmark step towards some kind of normalisation o...