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Beyond the stadium, India’s sports equipment sector holds a massive, untapped export potential rooted in decades of craftsmanship. Lakshita, (Senior Team lead, FED) and Sanjeet Singh (Senior Advisor, NITI Aayog) outline the policy pivots needed to scale legacy clusters and turn India into a global manufacturing powerhouse.
Faisal Khan and Ronak Pol argue that the retroactive tax shift on secondary market SGBs is a breach of sovereign trust that echoes past policy reversals. Linking this to a 99% collapse in net FDI, they warn that capital stability requires inflexible sovereign promises, not "flexible" tax architectures.
Rahul Ahluwalia, Director of the Foundation for Economic Development in Delhi, has criticized the government's approach to trying to deal with gas price pressures in an interview with DW. He said that instead of trying to artificially keep prices for gas low, the government should let them rise and then help those most seriously affected directly.

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Growth Is Discovery, Not Design — Why Firms Build Economies Ft. Ajay Shah | Growth is Good | Ep 25
Dr Rakesh Mohan on the 1991 Reforms & State Capacity | Ep 24 | Growth is Good
Why Enforcing a Contract Is So Hard in India ft. Anand Prasad | Ep 23 | Growth is Good

Data Stories

Allowing bigger buildings helped Hyderabad keep housing prices in check | March 2026
Back in 2006, Hyderabad made a planning decision most Indian cities still avoid: it relaxed restrictions on how big a building could be….
Severe construction restrictions lock INR 20 lakh crore worth of land around3,695 monuments | February 2026
What if some of India’s most valuable urban land were placed under an invisible dome, and we’re not allowed to use it? Sounds bad,…
India’s tariff system is twice as complex as its competitors, Budget 2026 holds out hope for simplification | January 2026
As Budget 2026 approaches, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has signalled continued efforts to clean up India’s fragmented tariff structure. This move would be much…

Publications

Realising the Export Potential of India’s Sports Equipment Manufacturing Sector
Unlocking $25+ Billion Exports: India’s Hand & Power Tools Sector
Shahi Exports: Stitching India’s Manufacturing Success Story

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