This book unpacks the complexities of social development in India, focusing on the institutional bottlenecks that hinder effective policy implementation.
Pushpinder Puniha, Chairman of the Tax Policy Consultative Group at NITI Aayog, has over three decades of experience as a public finance policy administrator, analyst, and articulator. He pioneered India's faceless tax system and holds a PhD from USC, Los Angeles, with research spanning collaborative governance, development finance, and women's economic empowerment.
Aarushi Jain is Policy Director at the Bharti Institute of Public Policy, ISB, and a Harvard Kennedy School graduate, where she was an Edward S. Mason Fellow and John F. Kennedy Scholar. With over two decades of experience, she has led transformative work in governance, digital policy, and public leadership. She is the series editor of the ISB-Routledge Public Policy book series.
