Explained: What is the Tamil Nadu government’s one-gram gold ring scheme?

Indian cities combine acute housing shortages with millions of vacant units, a paradox rooted in decades-old rent control laws that made letting property legally risky and commercially unattractive for owners. The 2021 Model Tenancy Act tried to fix this by rebalancing landlord and tenant protections, but states have been slow to adopt it. The result is a housing market that pushes migrants and the poor into informal, insecure and often substandard rental arrangements.

Mint has reported a new India-focused policy development: “India must stiffen its packaging rules—but at what level of health risk are big loud warnings justified?.” The publisher's feed describes the story as follows: The country's lax labelling of packages has provoked calls for boldface health warnings. While the rules clearly need to be stiffer, they mustn’t squash the liberty of marketers either. Here’s how rule-makers could strike an optimal balance. Intellectual Janata Party includes th

India has added renewable energy capacity at a rapid pace and set ambitious targets for 2030, yet coal continues to supply roughly 70 percent of electricity generation and coal-based capacity additions continue alongside renewables. The economics of grid stability, storage costs and industrial energy demand explain this persistence better than any lack of political will. India's transition is real, but it is additive rather than substitutive for now.

The Times of India has reported a new India-focused policy development: “Centre goes all-out to woo Japanese companies for investment.” The publisher's feed describes the story as follows: <![CDATA[India, officials said, is seen to be a reliable player, which has a democracy and rule of law, in addition to a large and growing market. The pitch is also that a base in India will also help tap the large talent pool as well as traditional trade relations with West Asia and Africa, which also boasts