All Things Policy

High-Tech Geopolitics in the Post-Pandemic World

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s world, high technology is directly linked to national power. Hence, it will have an outsized role in geopolitics. In this episode, Shrikr...

Financing Climate Action: Sovereign Green Bonds

24 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Shrikrishna Upadhyaya speaks to Shantanu Srivastava, Energy Finance Analyst at the Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysi...

Great Power Competition in a Multipolar World

23 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Shrikrishna Upadhyaya quizzes Manoj Kewalramani on his characterisation of the post-pandemic world order as a great power competition...

US-China Semiconductor Competition

22 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of All Things Policy, Anushka Saxena discusses with Amit Kumar the recent developments in the semiconductor supply chain as a result o...

Global Pandemic Treaty: What to Expect?

21 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The World Health Organisation is working on a Global Pandemic Treaty which will seek to address the gaps in global pandemic identification, preparedne...

Women's Reservation Bill

20 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

India needs more female representation in politics and the Women's Reservation Bill can be an effective tool to implement this. Anurpiya Mohta and Sud...

How China Negotiates

17 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode,Manoj Kewalramani, in conversation with Aditya Ramanathan, offers us a rare glimpse into how China’s diplomacy actually works and th...

The GST Appellate Tribunal Opportunity

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Sarthak Pradhan & Shrikrishna Upadhaya speak to Jatin Christopher (Partner, JCSS, Bengaluru) & Surya Prakash B.S. (Programme Director...

Bridging the Gap Between Survivors and Support Systems

15 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of All Things Policy, Suman Joshi and Shrikrishna Upadhyaya host Tanima Kishore, Project Coordinator - Sexual and Gender Based Violenc...

Biological Reasoning: COVID-19 Crisis

14 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

COVID-19 was at a macro level a social dilemma of human cooperation and prosociality. In this episode of All Things Policy, Harshit Kukreja and Carl J...

The Mumbai Cricket Conundrum

13 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mumbai has won 41 Ranji Trophy titles in the tournament's 88-year history, making it the winningest cricket team in India. But it has not won a single...

The Ballooning Sino - U.S. Crisis

10 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Manoj Kewalramani, Aditya Ramanathan, and Pranav Satyanath discuss the recent Chinese spy balloon crisis between U.S. and China.

AtmanirBharOS

09 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Developed by a startup incubated out of IIT, BharOS is being pitched as an answer to Google's Android and Apple's iOS. Can BharOS overcome the network...

China’s Diplomacy 2023

08 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ever since the 20th Party Congress, the tone of Chinese diplomacy appears to have undergone a change. Is this a tactical shift or is something substan...

Challenges for Local Government Bodies in India

07 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Carl Jaison is joined by Pranav Gupta, Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Berkeley. He discusses his field research whe...

Budget 2023 and Job Creation

06 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What does the 2023 budget do for jobs in India? What would the experts like to have seen? Will India's bets on skilling, infra, and green jobs pay off...

Trends in the Chinese Economy: What to look forward to in 2023

03 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of All Things Policy, Anushka Saxena and Amit Kumar explore the trends and developments taking place in the Chinese Economy in the pas...

Japan's Security Strategy in a Changing World

02 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kingshuk Saha and Manoj Kewalramani discuss Japan's Security Strategy, background, and its impact.

A Deep Dive into the Digital Public Goods Revolution

01 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of All Things Policy features IIC fellows (University of Chicago Trust), Ritul Gaur and Arjun Gargeyas, who are joined by Liv Nordhaug (C...

1000 Not Out

31 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the thousandth episode, Nitin Pai and Pranay Kotasthane discuss the macro-changes in the world order over the last three years. They also discuss t...

Views on Heritable Gene Editing

30 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We at Takshashila Institution have released our findings of our survey on Heritable Gene Editing. In this episode of All Things Policy, Shambhavi Naik...

Biological Reasoning: Climate Change

27 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Global temperatures are expected to rise by 1.5℃ by 2050 and 3℃ to 4℃ by 2100. This will have disastrous consequences for us. In this episode of...

What The New PIB Fact Check Rule Could Mean for Media Freedom

25 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jency Jacob, Managing Editor of Boom Live, India's first and largest fact-checking newsroom, dissects the new draft rule that makes the Press Informat...

India Needs A Declassification Policy

24 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Indian research and scholarship are significantly impacted by the lack of a proper declassification policy for government documents. This prevents a h...

Foreign Universities in India - The Way Forward

23 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Recently the University Grants Commission came up with draft regulations to facilitate foreign higher educational institutions to set up their campuse...

Anticipating Tech Policy Developments in 2023

20 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

2023 promises to have many important developments in the tech policy space. Shailesh Chitnis and Bharath Reddy look at what we can expect this year in...

South Korea going nuclear?

19 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol recently floated the possibility of his country acquiring nuclear weapons to deter North Korean aggression. This ...

Building New Cities & Improving Existing Ones

18 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Should India build new cities for growth and job creation? Why are we falling behind in improving our current cities? How can be incentivize people to...

India, China & the Global South

17 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, India held a Voice of the Global South Summit, engaging with 125 countries. The Indian government said that the aim of the two-day summit w...

Demystifying the United States Space Force

16 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's been three years since the US Space Force came into exitance. Its purpose and missions are shrouded in comical and mundane mystery. But what does...

Increasing coverage of Telemedicine in India

13 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Technology and innovation in the health sector have the potential to provide long-term answers to our population's evolving healthcare demands. In thi...

An Assessment of India’s State of Unemployment in 2023

12 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Unemployment in India hit an all-time high of 8.85% in December 2022 according to CMIE data. Anupriya Mohta, Sridhar Krishna, and Sudisha Mishra discu...

Prognostication on Space Policy Matters

11 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The year 2022 was perhaps the best year for space. The success of the James Web Space Telescope, the completion of China's Tiangong space station and ...

Fake Reviews & Government Intervention

10 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs has spelled out its intention to curb online fake reviews. But what is a 'fake' review? Should the government interve...

History and Relevance of Bombay Plan

09 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Kingshuk Saha and Anupam Manur discuss the Bombay Plan, its making and its impact on the Indian economy.

Mergers & Disqualifications Under Anti-Defection Law

06 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Shrikrishna Upadhyaya hosts Ritwika Sharma, Senior Resident Fellow & Lead, Charka - Centre for Constitutional Law at Vidhi Centre for...

Biological Reasoning: Social Norms

05 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Social norms are informal rules which dictate collective behaviour. In this episode of All things policy, Harshit Kukreja and Shrikrishna Upadhyaya di...

Media Outlook 2022-23 with Vanita Kohli-Khandekar

04 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Vanita Kohli-Khandekar, India's best-known news and entertainment media industry expert and the author of the definitive book on India's media busines...

Women In Sports & Everything That Plays Around It

03 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, host Sowmya Prabhakar is in conversation with Aditi Mutatkar, Indian badminton player and silver medallist at the Commonwealth Games....

Forecasting 2023

02 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

in the first episode of the year, Pranay Kotasthane gets Takshashila team members to make some predictions for the year. We will review how these pred...

Towards a World Without War

28 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to this conversation as Manoj Kewalramani talks to Sundeep Waslekar about the ideas in his new book “A World Without War: The History, Politi...

Mumbai Climate Action Plan and Beyond

27 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What does India's financial epicentre need to reach its Net Zero goal by 2050? Is it overambitious, or are we too late already? Lubaina Rangwala, the ...

COP27 and Future of Climate Action

26 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Shrikrishna Upadhyaya quizzes Simrin on the developments at the COP 27 and the future of climate action. They discuss the loss and da...

RWAs & Public Policy Education

23 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Manoj Kewalramani talks to Sowmya Nandan and Malathi Renati about the challenges of grassroots governance by RWAs and how sound publi...

India’s China Challenge: Trade Deficit & PLI Schemes

22 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Despite tensions along the LAC remaining high for the past two years, India’s trade with China has continued to expand. What’s driving this trend?...

Understanding the Various Threads of the Weaving Sector

21 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Vijaya Krishnappa, co-founder of Kosha.ai and Sowmya Prabhakar unpack everything that goes into creating genuine handlooms, the layers...

Controlling Tobacco: Is Banning the Way to Go?

20 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, New Zealand passed a new law banning tobacco products for the next generation. In this episode of All Things Policy, Shambhavi Naik and Har...

What does the Digital Rupee mean for us?

19 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The RBI has recently announced a pilot of the digital rupee for wholesale and retail transactions. Central bank digital currencies are increasingly b...

Banning Anti-satellite tests: A food for thought?

16 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution that calls on member states to stop testing direct-ascent anti-satellite weapons. The mo...

Caste Networks and the Indian Economy

15 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How do caste networks affect India's rural and urban economies? How do these networks impact economic mobility? Suman Joshi and Sarthak Pradhan discus...

Can India grow and green the planet?

14 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sridhar Krishna, Anupriya Mohta and Sudisha Mishra discuss how we can leverage Michael Porter’s framework for competitive advantage of nations and t...

National Suicide Prevention Strategy

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Shrikrishna Upadhyaya hosts Sachin Kalbag (Senior Fellow, Takshashila Institution) to unpack the strategy and discuss the multi-secto...

Motherhood Penalty: The Indian Experience

12 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How does motherhood affect women's participation in the labour markets? Are there key differences in an Indian context? Is there a rural-urban differe...

Clearing the Mess in India’s Drug Regulatory System

09 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Harshit Kukreja and Mahek Nankani discuss the challenges of substandard quality checks, poor recordkeeping and implementation loopholes in the Ind...

Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Manoj Kewalramani and Kingshuk Saha analyse Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy in this episode. They discuss why the Indo-Pacific pivot to global geopol...

Medical Crowdfunding : Boon or Bane?

07 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Out of pocket healthcare expenses form a large chunk of people's budget. Healthcare expenses have been pushing lakhs of people back in poverty. In thi...

An Open Tech Strategy for India

06 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Rohan Pai, Bharath Reddy and Rahul Poruri introduce our listeners to open tech and its features. They discuss why it is in prominence...

Equal Pay in Indian Sports

05 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Carl Jaison & Shrikrishna Upadhyaya briefly discuss the history of the equal pay movement, why women get paid less than men and the r...

Skill Development Ecosystem in India

02 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is a fairly new Ministry founded to coordinate skill development efforts across India. Sowmya P...

Missiles: History, Design and Nuclear Race

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Missiles are intimately tied to the nuclear arms race. For the first time in 40 years, the Russian military has given the public an unprecedented look...

Zero-COVID protests in China

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Over the past week, cities across China saw unprecedented demonstrations, as people took to the streets to call for an end to the country's zero-Covid...

Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology has released the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 for public consultation. This ...

Biological Reasoning: Kinship Financing

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Kinship explains a lot of costly endeavours that people do. A lot of informal financing takes place through kin based networks. In this episode of Al...

Federalism and Health Sector in India

25 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In India, the Union and the State Governments play a role in the health sector. How are the responsibilities divided? What are some of the issues aris...

Elon Musk's Twitter

24 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Karthik Srinivasan, renowned social media consultant and author, speaks with Sachin Kalbag on what Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter means for political...

Why Should We Protect & Promote Our Languages?

23 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A loss of language is accompanied by a loss of history, heritage, cultural expression and identity. Nearly half of the world’s languages are endange...

What’s Driving Australia’s Indo-Pacific Policy?

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Australia has emerged as a key actor shaping the future trajectory of the Indo-Pacific. In this episode, Manoj Kewalramani speaks to Tim Watts, Assist...

Women & India's Sports Policies

21 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Malathi Renati, Associate Dean of Takshashila's Policy School and a sportsperson who has represented Karnataka in three sports, speaks with Pranay Kot...

India Must Take the Lead on Medical Pluralism

18 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

India has a long tradition of different systems of medicine. Medical pluralism looks at integrating these systems with modern evidence-based medicine....

Making Education More Accessible to Rural Women

17 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sudisha Mishra and Sowmya Nandan talk to Uthara Narayanan, founder of Buzz Women, an organization that works towards providing knowledge, skills, and ...

The Road Ahead for UPI

16 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rohan and Mahek discuss the recent paper published by RBI, and deconstruct the 'hidden' costs of UPI.

Reservations in India: The EWS Question

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The 103rd Amendment to the Constitution of India dealing with reservations for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) was upheld by the Supreme Court ...

Where’s China headed after the 20th Party Congress?

14 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Xi Jinping won an unprecedented third term as General Secretary at the Communist Party’s 20th National Congress in late October. This cemented his h...

Space Stations & Future of India's Human Spaceflight

11 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Pranav Satyanath talks to Aditya Ramanathan about his new discussion document, which questions the possibility of a Quad space statio...

Telecom Sector in India

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Shrikrishna hosts Aaditya Dighe to discuss foreign investment in the telecom sector, domestic manufacturing of telecom equipment, the ...

Competitive Federalism in India

09 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Can Indian States compete with each other for investment and development? If so, how do we ensure that States - big & small and developed & underdevel...

CCI's Antitrust Verdicts Against Google

08 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Competition Commission of India has imposed fines and several restrictions in two antitrust verdicts against Google for abusing its market dominan...

Genetically Modified Mustard: A Step in the Right Direction

07 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of All Things Policy, Harshit Kukreja and Shambhavi Naik discuss genetically modified plants, their safety, efficacy and regulations.

A Holistic Assessment of MGNREGA

04 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sridhar Krishna and Sudisha Mishra carry out a holistic assessment of this scheme, covering themes such as objectives, benefits, shortcomings, outlay,...

Nation-States in Sports: Does Sportswashing Work?

03 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Carl Jaison is joined by Jaideep Vaidya, sports journalist at The Signal who writes a weekly newsletter on the business of sports.

Biological Reasoning: Costly Information Theory and Learning Biases

02 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of All Things Policy, Harshit Kukreja and Carl Jaison discuss costly information theory, learning biases and their implication for pub...

The Promise and Peril of Lunar Exploration

31 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Pranav R. Satyanath and Aditya Ramanathan discuss the goals of this US-led lunar programme and the new challenges it can create for outer space govern...

Newsroom Economics & Why It Matters

28 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Shrikrishna hosts Sachin, who has vast experience in running newsrooms, to discuss the importance of media freedom, business models of...

Interrogating Southern Asia’s Nuclear Dynamics

27 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Pranav Satyanath welcomes Dr Ashley J Tellis, a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, to discuss the conti...

Transforming Justice Through Innovation & Technology

26 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Sowmya Nandan and Shrikrishna Upadhyaya host Supriya Sankaran, co-founder of Agami India, engage in a wide-ranging conversation on ju...

Evaluating India's Efforts to Tackle Manual Scavenging

21 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mahek Nankani and Priyal Lyncia D’Almeida discuss some key data points and recommendations to address the issue in this episode of All Things Policy...

Why does India get only 1.64% of all global tourists?

20 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sridhar Krishna and Anupriya Mohta discuss how the Indian tourism industry has been on a decline since a little before the pandemic. However this sect...

Analysing India’s Higher Education Sector

19 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What are some potential solutions to improve access and quality in higher education? Sarthak Pradhan and Suman Joshi discuss these questions in this e...

Supreme Court Ruling on Expanding Abortion Rights

18 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Shambhavi Naik, Harshit Kukreja and Shrikrishna Upadhyaya analyse the judgement and its implications from a policy, medical science and legal viewpoin...

Escalation in the US-China Tech War

17 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Pranav Satyanath is joined by Pranay Kotasthane to unpack the contents of these documents, the objectives of the regulations and thei...

What is Millennial Subsidy and Why is it Coming to an End?

14 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Shrikrishna Upadhyaya hosts Ritul Gaur and Saiyed Kamil to discuss millennial subsidy, economic cycles and the future of start-up funding and innovati...

Biological Reasoning: Kinship and Policy

13 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

People tend to undertake costly behaviour for their family and kin. In this episode of All Things Policy, Harshit Kukreja and Carl Jaison unpack this ...

FIFA WC 2022 & Future of Sports OTT market in India

12 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Harshit Kukreja hosts Carl Jaison who shares his thoughts on Viacom18’s decision to make the FIFA WC available to stream for free, the long-term...

Vaccine Nationalism

11 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Priyal D'almeida talks to Mahek Nankani about what Vaccine Nationalism is, it's implications on LMICs and what are the ways to tackle it.

Social Media’s Rule of Three

10 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Shrikrishna hosts Pranay Kotasthane to discuss three interrelated mechanisms, namely, reference networks, Overton Window and disproportionate rewards ...

Land laws of West Bengal

07 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sudisha Mishra invites Rahul Sanghavi to discuss the land laws that have curtailed business growth in West Bengal, inadvertently impacting job creatio...

Preserving vernacular languages

06 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Ritul Gaur and Sowmya Nandan are joined by Vasant Shetty (Co-Founder MyLang) and Aakash Athawasya (Co-host Kannada Gothilla Podcast) ...

Moonlighting and the Future of Employment

04 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Suman Joshi and Sridhar Krishna join Bharath Reddy in looking at issues around moonlighting and how the future of work might look like.

An Indian Approach to Tech Diplomacy

03 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Arjun Gargeyas discusses his recently published paper with Rohan Pai, and explains the nuances of an Indian approach to tech diplomac...

AI Hardware Ecosystem In India

30 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Arjun Gargeyas and Priyal D'almeida get into a conversation on AI hardware, the need for AI hardware policy for India, and the streng...