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policycircle.org > environment > india-energy-transition-net-zero

India???s energy transition is becoming an industrial bet

3+ hour, 16+ min ago   (964+ words) Derisking India’s energy transition: Ajay Shankar’s Rising Ambition — Carving New Pathways: India’s Energy Transition (TERI Press, 2025) starts from a commitment already made. India has said it will reach net zero by 2070. Shankar asks a more useful question: what is the…...

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policycircle.org > opinion > ai-infrastructure-environmental-rules

AI infrastructure needs clear environmental rules

12+ hour, 18+ min ago   (100+ words) READ | US Big Tech’s AI race is becoming a race for monopoly READ | India’s outsourcing industry threatened by AI boom READ | AI and sustainability: The cost behind the green promise India will lose little by asking these questions early. It…...

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policycircle.org > policy > pm-internship-scheme-problems

PM Internship Scheme faces a participation problem

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (480+ words) The Prime Minister Internship Scheme (PMIS) was conceived to tackle this gap. The initiative aims at providing young people exposure to large companies and help them acquire workplace skills. This is hoped to eventually improve their employability. However, the pilot…...

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policycircle.org > opinion > cybersecurity-a-boardroom-risk > amp

Cybersecurity has become a boardroom risk

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (960+ words) Cybersecurity now belongs on the agenda of boards and chief executives because a successful attack can interrupt the business itself. Ransomware can stop production or prevent employees from reaching essential systems. Theft of customer information can bring regulators into the…...

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policycircle.org > environment > climate-rankings-environment

Can climate rankings tell us which country is a good performer?

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (735+ words) In the centuries that followed, the Mercator projection migrated from ships to classrooms, becoming the standard in textbooks worldwide. The distortions in continental size in these maps shaped the geographical intuition of generations of students, unwittingly embedding a Eurocentric worldview....

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policycircle.org > society > parliament-monsoon-session-2026 > amp

Parliament and the fraying idea of India

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1485+ words) The Monsoon Session shows how a weakened Parliament leaves India’s social and political divisions without democratic mediation. The government has the numbers to pass ordinary legislation. The Opposition has enough members to interrupt proceedings. Neither fact answers the constitutional question....

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policycircle.org > economy > india-direct-tax-collections-fy27 > amp

Direct tax collections point to a deeper tax base

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (491+ words) India’s direct tax collections are ahead of the pace needed for FY27, giving the Union government more room on fiscal consolidation. India’s direct tax collections have begun FY27 well ahead of the arithmetic built into the Budget. Net collections rose 23.09% from a…...

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policycircle.org > policy > childcare-infrastructure-women-jobs

Childcare infrastructure needed to lift women's employment

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (587+ words) Childcare infrastructure: India has spent years worrying about the low proportion of women in paid work. The usual explanations are poor skills, low wages, unsafe workplaces and restrictive social attitudes. For mothers of young children, however, the calculation can be…...

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policycircle.org > opinion > msme-bill-credit-infra-issues

MSME Bill fixes dues, but skirts credit and infrastructure problems

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (963+ words) READ | MSME procurement could drive next digital commerce boom The legal protections created by the amendment will not be equally accessible across the sector. A professionally managed manufacturer with accountants and legal advisers has far greater capacity to use TReDS,…...

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policycircle.org > industry > msme-procurement-ecommerce-boom

MSME procurement could drive next digital commerce boom

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (674+ words) The India SME Forum’s India MSME Digital Procurement Report 2026 estimates annual MSME procurement at ₹124.9 trillion. Digital channels account for about 30-40% of this spending. On those estimates, at least ₹75 trillion of purchases still pass through offline networks and manual processes. READ…...