PANJ Primer | Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs)

Read our #PANJPrimer on the state of affairs of Punjab’s public sector enterprises (PSEs). This edition presents insights into the state’s PSEs, their financial performance, legal overview, and comparison with other states.

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Event brief | Innovation Index Ranking Frameworks

Read our event brief from our recent regional seminar on ‘Innovation Index Ranking Frameworks’, hosted in collaboration with PI-RAHI: Northern Region S&T Cluster and Antier Solutions at Panjab University, Chandigarh. The event highlighted the methodologies of innovation indices, adapting a decentralised approach to innovation frameworks, and lessons to be drawn.

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PANJ Newsletter | Edition #10

n the tenth edition of our newsletter, we present an opinion piece on land pooling policy in Punjab, review seminal literature on policy panopticon by Dr Sharique Hassan Manazir, and some reading recommendations. In this edition of the newsletter, we are honoured to interview Mr H.S.Arora on the topic of land pooling policy in Punjab.

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Will Punjab’s land pooling pay off?

Agastya Shukla and Sirjan Kaur Governments across the world are fast adopting and experimenting with land pooling instead of acquisition policies. Land pooling is considered to be a better and viable option since it moves away from a compulsory standpoint and offers voluntary choice to the landholders. Literature has documented that pooling policies to also […]

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PANJ Primer | Power Sector

Read our latest #PANJPrimer on the state of affairs of Punjab’s power sector. This edition presents insights into the state’s sources of power, subsidies, regulatory scenario, and comparison with other states.

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PANJ Newsletter | Edition #9

In the ninth edition of our newsletter, we present an opinion piece on women in STEM in Punjab, review seminal literature on enterprise informality in India, and some reading recommendations. In this edition of the newsletter, we are honoured to interview Prof. Sukhpal Singh (IIM-A) on the topic of Agricultural marketing in Punjab.

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Women at the Heart of Punjab’s STEM Future

By: Manasvi Last year, a working paper titled ‘Relative Economic Performance of Indian States: 1960-61 to 2023-24’ prepared by the Economic Advisory Council to the PM highlighted that Punjab’s share in the GDP peaked at 4.4% percent during the 1960s because of the Green Revolution. But it has been declining since the 1990s and reached […]

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PANJ Primer | Health

Read our latest #PANJPrimer on the state of affairs of Punjab’s health sector. This edition presents insights into the state’s total and per capita health expenditure, policy landscape, and comparison with other states.

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Beyond the Stitch: What the India–UK FTA Reveals About Global Order

Dharminder Singh Kaleka In a world where multilateralism is retreating and global legal coherence is fraying, the freshly inked India–UK Free Trade Agreement offers a telling glimpse into what the future of international cooperation might look like. While much has been said about the tariff reductions and sectoral openings, the deeper significance of this bilateral […]

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PANJ Newsletter | Edition #8

In the eighth edition of our newsletter we present an opinion piece laying down measures for a climate conscious Punjab, review of seminal research on the Aspirational District Programme, and some reading recommendations. In this edition of the newsletter, we are privileged to interview Prof Lakhwinder Singh on the topic of ‘Human Capital and Innovation […]

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