Bharat @100

PIF’s “Bharat @100” project aims to capture a wide spectrum of stakeholder perspectives from across India and the Indian diaspora. The goal is to produce a development framework for India to achieve its self-established goals for the next twenty five years. The driving philosophy of “Bharat @100” is that India’s development experience will be better served…

The Financial Vulnerability of States Offering Large Power Subsidies”

There is an ongoing debate around power subsidy reform. Subsidies to the power sector continue to grow every fiscal year, even though they adversely affect the balance sheets of power distribution companies (DISCOMs), which are compensated by state governments, and draw resources away from revenue-yielding activities in state budgets. Pahle India Foundation intends to examine…

“Developing a Framework for Establishing an SRO in India ”

The gold ecosystem in India, despite numerous reforms in recent times, is still riddled with various problems such as transparency, price discovery, and standardisation among many others. Moreover, the business of gold has multiple regulators and ministries controlling the various aspects of the business. Pahle India Foundation believes that the business of gold could benefit from the establishment of a Self-Regulatory Organisation (SRO), which…

“Comparative Analysis of eNAM and ReMS ”

The Rashtriya e-Market Services (ReMS) Private Limited is a joint venture initiative between the Government of Karnataka and NCDEX e-Market Limited (NeML), started in 2013, with the objective of bringing about transparency in the agricultural marketing system and helping with efficient price discovery that would benefit farmers. Further, in 2016, the National Agriculture Market (eNAM)…