#policy-reform
As India urbanizes, rural places reclassified as urban should not deprive anyone of welfare benefits
A binary classification of areas as urban or rural doesn’t reflect today’s reality of urbanization, but state programmes still go by it. This could result in abrupt cut-offs from schemes that vulnerable households depend on. Here's what policymakers should co…
Duty tweaking required to boost domestic aluminium-based manufacturing: GTRI
India's aluminium sector faces policy distortions. A think tank proposes removing import duties on raw aluminium and adding export duties on the metal. This aims to encourage domestic production of higher-value aluminium products. The goal is to reduce relian…