The latest Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE) 2025 reported that India has nearly eight crore unincorporated establishments and employs roughly a fifth of India’s total workforce. Yet this vast sector contributes a meagre six per cent, or around Rs 20 lakh crore, to India’s total gross value added and offers the majority of […]
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Read our latest #PANJPrimer on Police Administration in Punjab. This edition presents insights into Punjab’s police budget, regulatory landscape, key metrics and comparison with other states.
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By Kamalpreet Sandhu and Karupppasamy Subburaj For decades, value engineering has helped the industry ask a disciplined question on how we can deliver the required function with minimum waste and maximum usefulness? It has improved products, processes, and systems by forcing engineers to look beyond […]
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By H.S.Brar Way back in 1986, Dr. S. S. Johl, renowned agriculture economist was approached by the Punjab government to prepare a report on crop diversification with the motive of shifting the cropping area under wheat and paddy to alternative crops. The report was submitted to the government but it could not be implemented. In […]
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Anmoldeep Singh & Aryan Pratap Sharma From the Red Fort in 2014, PM Modi articulated the government’s vision to replace the Planning Commission with a new institution—NITI Aayog— to rejuvenate and strengthen the federal structure. Consequently, NITI Aayog has taken a central role in promoting cooperative and competitive federalism in the Indian republic. More than […]
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We are pleased to release our #Report – The Gig Economy in Tricity: A Platform Labour Market Study. The report is a field-based study examining the realities of platform labour across Chandigarh, Mohali, and Panchkula. Based on primary survey data from 300+ gig workers, the report explores how #India‘s platform economy is reshaping employment, livelihoods, […]
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We are pleased to release our Data Story – Inside the 16th Punjab Vidhan Sabha. The story presents a detailed data analysis on Punjab’s Vidhan Sabha (2022-2026) using different legislative tools. The research was covered in a piece by Indian Express, read here: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/punjab-assembly-63-days-four-years-special-sessions-study-10739148/
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#Read the fifteenth edition of our newsletter, with a latest piece on female gig workers, review seminal literature on state capacity, and some reading recommendations. In this edition of the newsletter, we are honoured to interview Mr Vikram R Singh (Founder and CEO, Antier Solutions) on the topic of emerging technologies in Punjab. Powered By […]
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By Sukhmanpreet Kaur Punjab’s urban local bodies (ULBs) face a deepening paradox: solid waste systems that have grown in scale without growing in efficiency. While collection coverage has improved markedly over the past decade, the state continues to fall short on segregation, processing, and financial sustainability. The 2017–2022 Performance Audit of the Comptroller and Auditor […]
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By Harsimrat Singh Brar Punjab is an agriculture based economy. It, and its now separated part, Haryana, was chosen as a test bed for ushering in the Green Revolution in the shape of introduction of high yielding seeds, chemically formulated fertilizers and mechanical equipments. This was further promoted in the form of guaranteed procurement of […]
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