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When Everyone Needs the Facility but No One Builds It
The Infrastructure That Exists in Everyone’s Interest—and No One’s Budget One of the deepest weaknesses of industrial development is created not by a shortage of entrepreneurs, markets or technology, but by an uncomfortable economic contradiction. A group of businesses may urgently need a testing laboratory, research centre, common effluent treatment…
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When Everyone Waits and Development Stands Still
The economy can fail even when nobody makes an obvious mistake Economic stagnation is often explained through shortages: insufficient capital, weak infrastructure, limited skills or inadequate technology. Yet some of the most persistent development failures arise even when these resources are potentially available. The real problem is that they do…
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A Good Factory Can Still Produce an Illegal Product
The licence on the wall is no longer enough For decades, pharmaceutical compliance in India was largely understood through the factory. Was the manufacturing unit licensed? Did it follow Good Manufacturing Practices? Were its laboratories, equipment, records and quality-control systems adequate? These questions remain essential, but they no longer define…
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India’s Textile Industry Is Approaching a Policy Cliff
When No Announcement Becomes the Most Important Announcement Economic policy is usually discussed through what governments announce. But industries are often shaped just as powerfully by what governments leave undecided. For India’s textile and apparel sector, the present silence is not neutral. It is becoming a cost. No major new…
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When Food, Fuel and Climate Begin Competing for the Same Crop
From food shortages to a complicated abundanceIndian agricultural policy was historically built around one central fear: the country might not produce enough food. The Green Revolution changed that reality by expanding irrigation, improving seeds, increasing fertiliser use and creating public procurement systems. India gradually moved from dependence on food imports…
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When the Sugar Bowl Becomes a Warning: India’s Return to Imports
From Surplus Power to Supply Anxiety For years, India’s sugar economy was built around abundance. Sugarcane was not merely an agricultural crop; it became a political contract linking farmers, cooperative mills, private industry, rural employment and state power. Governments fixed cane prices, banks financed mills, industries invested in distilleries, and…
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India’s Next Export Revolution Will Be Built Between Industries
The age of the self-contained sector is ending For much of the twentieth century, industrial policy was organised into separate boxes. Agriculture belonged to one ministry, automobiles to another, electronics to a third and energy to a fourth. Each sector received its own incentives, institutions, research facilities, regulations and export-promotion…
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When Opportunity Knows Your Name Before It Knows Your Ability
The Market Has a Hidden Entrance Modern economies claim that talent, hard work and innovation determine success. But economic opportunity rarely moves through an open marketplace alone. It also travels through introductions, recommendations, alumni groups, professional associations, family relationships, business communities and informal circles of trust. A capable entrepreneur may…
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