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Writing
By our mentor Aayush Anand, with co-authors, in The Hindu, The Hindu BusinessLine and The Financial Express, 2021 to 2025. Each link goes to the newspaper's page.
Climate, energy and finance
The Finance Ministry's draft taxonomy aims capital at India's ₹162.5 trillion green-finance target. Without an alignment signal, a scientific anchor and enforcement, it stays symbolic.
Amarendu Nandy and Aayush AnandRenewables stood at 203 GW against a 500 GW target, five years before India's first interim net-zero milestone. The FY26 Budget had to accelerate, and protect people facing extreme weather.
Amarendu Nandy and Aayush AnandInsured losses of $140 billion in 2024 are pushing premiums up and small insurers under. The answer: weather-resilient infrastructure from companies and states, and customised cover.
Labanya Prakash Jena and Aayush Anand · also published by IEEFA ↗The RBI's Climate Risk Information System supplies what bank climate-risk management lacked: standardised data. Lenders will start asking borrowers for it.
Amarendu Nandy and Aayush AnandThe Pradhan Mantri Suryodaya Yojana targets 10 million households: 637 GW of rooftop potential, 11 GW installed. Finance, equipment supply and skills decide whether it works.
Amarendu Nandy and Aayush AnandThe G7 wants major economies to peak emissions by 2025. India's path: a 45 percent cut in emissions intensity by 2030 and net zero by 2070. The Energy Conservation Amendment Act 2022 is the first hard instrument.
Amarendu Nandy and Aayush AnandThe 2021 coal crisis exposed thermal plants running without reserves. The fixes: plant efficiency, a regional power market, faster renewables.
Aayush Anand and Amarendu NandyProjected MSME revenue growth of 15 to 17 percent in FY22 sits on a low base. Rising credit uptake must be weighed against rising bad loans.
Amarendu Nandy and Aayush AnandUdyam registration gives MSMEs a digital route to procurement and credit benefits, but uptake needs a push from the Centre.
Aayush Anand and Amarendu NandyWhat this has to do with your inventory
The policy work is the context; the inventories, BRSR Core files and EcoVadis packs are the practice.