Centres of Study · Good Governance and Economic Studies
Centre for Good Governance and Economic Studies
The Centre studies how the Indian state raises and spends its resources, designs welfare and builds the conditions for growth. Its work pairs national data with close study of Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state, where every policy choice is made at the scale of a nation. It asks not only what good policy looks like on paper, but why it so often falters at the last mile, and how it can be made to arrive.
State capacity
How governments plan, spend and deliver
Public finance and welfare
Fiscal sustainability, subsidies and targeted welfare
Growth and investment
Industry, infrastructure and jobs, with Uttar Pradesh as a living laboratory
Implementation
Why good policies fail at the last mile, and how to fix it
Recent work
All work from the centre
Clean Roll, Crowded Booth? Does a Better Register Bring Out the VoteRukma Anand · 30 October 2026
How Other Republics Keep Their Books: Voter Registers AbroadParidhi Passi · 30 October 2026
Counting the Counters: SIR Across the States, Phase by PhaseAdityasinh Ghatge · 22 October 2026
The UP Turnaround: Evaluating Uttar Pradesh's Growth TrajectoryShashank Shekhar Singh · 10 September 2026
The Widespread Use of Freebies: Implications for Welfare, Governance, and Fiscal Sustainability in IndiaEman Syed · 9 July 2025
The Implementation Trap: How Weak Local Capacity Undermines Policy SuccessPrachi Gupta · 7 July 2025
India’s Economic Paradox: Booming GDP, Failing WelfareShriya Gupta · 2 July 2025
Digital Vernaculars: How Regional Languages are Shaping India’s Online DiscourseJahnavi · 29 June 2025
Reimagining the Indian Ocean: India’s Maritime Vision and SAGAR PolicyKritika Vishwakarma · 28 June 2025
Waste Colonialism: E-Waste and the Global South’s Toxic BurdenSiddhartha · 26 June 2025
Understanding Quota within Quota: A New Approach to Social Equity in IndiaGunika Razdan · 22 January 2025
Contemporary Government Initiatives for Youth UpliftmentGunika Razdan · 9 January 2025
ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CULTURAL TOURISM IN INDIA: A FOCUS ON UTTAR PRADESHTanya Singh · 9 January 2025
Cash Transfer Politics in India: Implications for Ballot and BudgetBy- Rohaan Thyagaraju · 30 December 2024
The Enduring Power of Conservatism: A Global Resurgence in the 21st CenturyArundhati Mathur · 30 December 2024
Trump 2024: Redefining the United States-India Trade RelationsAFPR Research · 6 December 2024
Reversing Brain Drain through Policy Interventions in IndiaRohaan Thyagaraju · 4 December 2024
Rangaraju v. State of Karnataka : Unaddressed Sexual Violation of the DeadMaitreyee Mishra · 10 November 2024
India-Canada Relations: The Recent Truce and Ongoing IssuesJyothi Sharma · 18 October 2024
Project 15B – Imphal Bolstering Indian NavyAFPR Research · 9 April 2024
Analysis of the Ban on Carpooling by the Karnataka GovtAFPR Research · 6 April 2024
BARTAN BANK INITIATIVEAFPR Research · 6 April 2024Online Gaming Taxation: A Policy Review of the GST Regime on Online GamingPolicy report · 2024