Beyond Welfare: The Economic Case for Affordable Urban Housing In most developing economies, the city is where productivity concentrates,...
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By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith There is a particular kind of insult that arrives not as a wound...
By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith When the United Arab Emirates announced on April 28 that it was leaving...
India’s Productivity Challenge: The Competitiveness Transformation India Needs for Pathway to 2047
amitkapoor, , Press Release, 0Press Release Highlights The State of India’s Competitiveness Report was released on 11.05.2026 by the Institute for Competitiveness (IFC)....
संकट में संयम की पुकार, विपक्ष का सियासी वार | News Night | PM Narendra Modi | Energy Crisis
amitkapoor, , Speaking, 0पश्चिम एशिया में जारी संघर्ष और वैश्विक ऊर्जा बाजार में बढ़ती अनिश्चितता का असर दुनिया की अर्थव्यवस्था पर दिखाई...
By Amit Kapoor and Mohammad Saad AI is widely used not only because of its remarkable capabilities, but also because it has remained relatively affordable. That...
This report examines whether India’s structural foundations are strengthening in ways that allow the economy to navigate disruption while...
In this exclusive interview on DD India NewsHour, economist Dr. Amit Kapoor analyzes Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal for...
By Amit Kapoor and Kartik “Our first Kartavya is to accelerate and sustain economic growth by enhancing productivity and...
Understanding PMUY:Impact, Progress, Challenges and Policy Recommendations for LPG Coverage
amitkapoor, , Report, 0This report distinguishes itself through its comprehensive analysis of the scheme’s actual impact. Unlike prior studies that primarily quantify...
The Mirage of Scale: Labour Arbitrage, Unequal Growth, and India’s Innovation Gap
amitkapoor, , Articles, The Sunday Guardian, 0By Amit Kapoor and Kartik The oldest constraint in economics is not capital or labor but the limits of...
By Amit Kapoor, Richard Dasher and Inputs from Meenakshi Ajith A month before a gunman fired shots on Saturday...
India’s IT model that worked, until AI: Disruption to its Sub-optimal Equilibrium
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0By Amit Kapoor and Sheen Zutshi Artificial intelligence is increasingly a focus of India’s technological ambitions, whether in AI summit forums...
By Amit Kapoor and Mohammad Saad The ongoing Iran–USA–Israel conflict has revealed the evolving capabilities and risks of modern...
By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith There is something quiet remarkable about the moment India finds itself in, urbanistically...
Urban incomes rise fast, but inequality widens within and beyond cities
amitkapoor, , Articles, Business Standard, Urbanisation, 0When a City Doesn’t’ Share Amit Kapoor India’s urban income story is, by many conventional measures, a notable one....
From Gridlock to Mobility: Rethinking Gurugram’s Traffic Solutions
amitkapoor, , Arthashastra, Articles, 0By Amit Kapoor and Nandini Vats Gurugram, which was once a satellite town of Delhi has now transformed into...
This report represents the first attempt to understand Indian oil companies from a dual lens, examining both internal capabilities...
Untapped Potential of India’s Orange Economy In June 2025, Prada launched a high-end handcrafted leather sandal whose design closely...
Dr. Amit Kapoor in Fire side chat with Dr. Mark Esposito, Faculty Associate, Center for International Development at Harvard...
Policy, Economic Development and Competitiveness: What the Populist Moment Reveals About Growth and Governance
amitkapoor, , competitiveness, Speaking, 0Dr. Amit Kapoor delivered the U Akron Oldham Lecture on “Policy, Economic Development and Competitiveness: What the Populist Moment...
The report offers insights into the opportunities and challenges across the ethanol value chain from farms and distilleries to...
The rise of the start up ecosystem in India and its societal impact
amitkapoor, , Innovation, Speaking, 0Dr. Amit Kapoor delivered a talk on “The rise of the start up ecosystem in India and its societal...
By Amit Kapoor For India, the question of innovation has become one of structural urgency rather than latent potential....
By Amit Kapoor with inputs from Meenakshi Ajith In the global marketplace, conflict is not an anomaly but a...
Growth is Not Enough: Outlining the Productivity Imperative
amitkapoor, , Articles, The Sunday Guardian, 0By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith India stands at a rare historical moment when global supply chains are fragmenting,...
By Amit Kapoor and Nabha Sandip Joshi India has now redrawn its economic baseline. With the shift to a...
Mind the Capital gap: Beyond India’s AI summit moment India’s AI ecosystem is at an inflexion point; the groundwork...
Indian cities don’t lack infrastructure, what they lack is civic trust
amitkapoor, , Articles, Business Standard, Urbanisation, 0India’s invisible urban fault line Indian cities are learning to do very modern things in very old ways. You...
Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith In 1971, John Lennon asked the world to imagine something disarmingly simple: no countries, nothing...
By Amit Kapoor and Darshana Gauratra Artificial Intelligence is increasingly becoming a core economic infrastructure. From private industry to...
India’s AI Growth Needs More Than Just Metropolitan Hubs By Amit Kapoor and Mohammad Saad Large urban centres are...
Artificial Intelligence in Indian Agriculture: The Bus India Cannot Afford to Miss
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0By Amit Kapoor and Ananya Khurana While the Green Revolution made Indian farms more productive, the next revolution must...
By Amit Kapoor, Pradeep Puri and Ananya Khurana Re-architecting FCI to Raise Farm Incomes India created the Food Corporation...
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views on “How will AI redefine competitiveness?” at the International workshop on AI, Cyber...
By Amit Kapoor & Sheen Zutshi The Economic Survey 2025–26 marks a significant moment in how India understands its...
Dr. Kapoor was part of the panel on “MahaAI: Building Safe, Secure & Smart Governance” at the AI Summit...
By Amit Kapoor and Anandita Doda AI as an economic story, not a tech story: where India is strong,...
From Critical Raw Materials to Manufacturing: Scaling the Green Energy Transition
amitkapoor, , Speaking, 0Dr. Amit Kapoor was a speaker in the session titled “From Critical Raw Materials to Manufacturing: Scaling the Green Energy...
Density alone will not make India’s cities globally competitive yet
amitkapoor, , Articles, Business Standard, Urbanisation, 0By Amit Kapoor and Inputs by Meenakshi Ajith The Unfinished Promise of Agglomeration India’s Economic Survey this year makes...
The third webinar in the Global South Research Collaborative’s Simplified Series focused on Funding and Funders in Health, with...
By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith The easiest way to misread a trade negotiation is to treat it as...
The Silent Agricultural Revolution Hidden in This Year’s Budget
amitkapoor, , Arthashastra, Articles, 0By Amit Kapoor and Ananya Khurana The Union Budget of 2026–27 deserves credit for recognising a simple truth that...
By Amit Kapoor and Mohammad Saad Detailed, extensive, and honest – that is how the 2025-26 Economic Survey described...
By Amit Kapoor and Mohammad Saad In the 21st century, sovereignty is not merely political. It is digital, and...
Dr. Amit Kapoor was a part of the panel on “Tech Disruption and New Normal” at the High Level...
Sustaining multilateralism when the US steps back In recent times, global governance has become increasingly vulnerable to domestic political...
From Growth to Grit: Competitiveness as Kartavya The Union Budget 2026–27 does something unusual. It elevates competitiveness, rather than...
By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith Extreme weather events in India are no longer deviations from the norm; they...
When Clean Is Not Safe: The Limits of India’s Urban Cleanliness Revolution
amitkapoor, , Articles, Business Standard, Urbanisation, 0By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith Sanitation reform in Indian cities has delivered visible gains, yet its deepest challenge...
Climate Performance as Income: How Carbon Credits Are Reaching Indian Farms
amitkapoor, , Arthashastra, Articles, 0By Amit Kapoor and Subashini Prakash Indian farmers stand at a curious crossroads, earning income from carbon credits not...
Missing Inflexion Point: India’s limited corporate R&D presence in the world As the global economy in uncertain times continues...
Dr. Amit Kapoor delivered a special address at the Inaugural session of International Faculty Development program of UPSIFS, Lucknow...
India at the AI Crossroads: Leadership Ambitions or an AI Testbed?
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0By Amit Kapoor and Mohammad Saad Skilled labour, digital infrastructure, access to critical minerals, R&D investment, scalable capacity, and...
By Amit Kapoor and Amitabh Kant Innovation is the fundamental driver for economic prosperity, and the work of this...
Climate vulnerabilities, the lived realities on the ground: A Case of Bihar Floods The climate upheavals of 2025 were...
By Amit Kapoor and Richard Dasher India is now becoming an unusually crowded graveyard of airlines. From Kingfisher, Jet...
Dr. Kapoor shared his views on growth forecast of India on DD India on January 9, 2026.
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views on Credit Guarantee Scheme for Exports on DD India on January 8, 2026....
By Amit Kapoor and Richard Dasher with Inputs from Meenakshi Ajith India has become a graveyard of airlines. From...
By Amit Kapoor and Mohammad Saad Ever since the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, AI usage in India has...
By Amit Kapoor and Pradeep Puri and Inputs by Ananya Khurana India proudly delivers free rice and wheat to...
By Amit Kapoor and Mohammad Saad AI has woven itself into the way we write, think, and work. Open...
From Information to Identity: India’s Next Data Rights Frontier
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0By Amit Kapoor and Subashini Prakash For most of the digital age, the law treated identity as a security...
By Amit Kapoor and Pradeep Puri with Inputs from Ananya Khurana India’s fertiliser subsidy has long weighed heavily on...
By Amit Kapoor and Mukul Anand Lessons from the G20 Global Inequality Report Widening disparities in income and wealth...
Ten Years after Paris Agreement: India’s Trillion-Dollar Balancing Act
amitkapoor, , Arthashastra, Articles, 0By Amit Kapoor and Darshana Gauratra A decade after the Paris Agreement was adopted, climate ambition has reached its...
India must treat design as a civic skill to build more liveable cities
amitkapoor, , Articles, Business Standard, Urbanisation, 0Amit Kapoor with Inputs from Meenakshi Ajith India’s cities are expanding upward, outward, and into new forms of daily...
Amit Kapoor and Pradeep Puri and inputs from Meenakshi Ajith India’s Aviation Crisis Is a Systemic Signal, Not an...
By Amit Kapoor and Sheen Zutshi A Mountain Range on Trial: The Aravalllis Story We’re Erasing The Aravalli range,...
By Amit Kapoor and Mohammad Saad Privacy is increasingly becoming an illusion in today’s digital era. Breaches of privacy...
From Lab to Land: Rethinking GM Crop Adoption in India This year’s Nobel laureates in Economics affirm that innovation...
By Amit Kapoor and Pradeep Puri (with Inputs from Ananya Khurana) Seeds of Change: Tracing the Global Roots and...
The Global South Research Collaborative’s third webinar on the topic “Funding and Funders: SIMPLIFIED” is scheduled to be held...
India needs a new accounting system beyond GDP capturing AI’s impact to ensure fair growth AI is rewriting the...
by Amit Kapoor and Anandita Doda Moving Up the Value Chain: How Quality, Design, and Branding Can Transform India’s...
By Amit Kapoor and inputs by Meenakshi Ajith Cities don’t emerge fully formed, rather they accumulate. They collect policies,...
Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith For those of us who live in Delhi-NCR, every winter is now a déjà...
By Amit Kapoor and Mohammad Saad Alchemy, a pseudo-science preceding chemistry attracted the attention of numerous people for quite...
by Amit Kapoor and Ananya Khurana As India stands at a pivotal juncture in agricultural trade to unlock the...
By Amit Kapoor The Promise and Precarity of India’s Gig Economy The gig economy is no longer a fringe,...
Enacting India’s Competitiveness: Is Climate Transition an Enabler or an Impediment
amitkapoor, , Articles, 0By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith The real test of a nation is not how it grows in fair...
By Amit Kapoor is Honorary Chairman, Institute for Competitiveness and Saurabh Garg is Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation,...
“Crumbling Cities, Powerless Councils: India’s Urban Governance Crisis” Urban infrastructure nationwide is under increasing strain. Cities, once viewed as...
Dr. Amit Kapoor was part of the book release on October 25, 2025. The release was organised at India...
Clean Roads, Contaminated Grounds: The Unseen Threat of Lithium Waste
amitkapoor, , Arthashastra, Articles, 0By Amit Kapoor and Mohammad Saad One of Delhi’s most notable policy initiatives to address its pollution problem is...
By Amit Kapoor and Mohammad Saad AI startups are growing rapidly and attracting a growing share of market investment....
Dr. Amit Kapoor delivered a lecture on ” India’s future in the age of innovation and entrepreneurship” at Jindal...
Africa Export Competitiveness Report 2024: A Call to Action for Inclusive Growth and Shared Prosperity
amitkapoor, , Press Release, 0NEWS PROVIDED BY EIN Presswire Oct 10, 2025, 1:00 AM ET Africa Export Competitiveness Report The report expands its...
Meenakshi Ajith, Development Policy Lead at The Institute for Competitiveness has been selected to participate and present her work...
By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith The wheel wasn’t invented for decoration. Neither was the bridge, the book, or...
By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith From Big Four to Big Ideas: India Must Rewrite the Consulting Rulebook A...
Improving foundational literacy and numeracy skills critical
amitkapoor, , Articles, FLN Report 2024, 0By Amit Kapoor Why FLN Matters Now More Than Ever As India charts its path towards a Viksit Bharat...
Hedging Climate Risks in India’s Agrifood System As the global population races toward 9.7 billion by 2050, the pressure...
Addressing India’s Cognitive Time Bomb:Learning Deficit in age of AI
amitkapoor, , Articles, Economic Times, 0By Amit Kapoor and Sheen Zutshi Addressing India’s cognitive time bomb: Learning deficit in the age of AI Global...
By Amit Kapoor and Nabha Joshi Agglomeration Without Planning: Lessons from Gurugram’s Urban Development Crisis In just three decades,...
A central theme of this edition of the report is empowerment of women in trade. Women constitute as high...
By Amit Kapoor and Meenakshi Ajith The climate crisis in India no longer announces itself as isolated events; it...
By Amit Kapoor and inputs from Nabha Joshi Agglomeration Without Planning: Why Gurugram and Kolkata Demand Climate-Smart Cities As...
By Amit Kapoor and Mohammad Saad One of the most contentious policies of the Trump administration was just announced:...
















































































































