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The Silver Shift
India has more than 153 million elderly population today but no eldercare system. Public sector solutions are scattered and underfunded. Private sector solutions remain urban and niche. What will it take to shift from aspirations without architecture to an equitable functional eldercare system in India?
Explore whats coming up in this special series designed to chart the move to a functional eldercare system
theZURI Team
Aug 16, 20253 min read


India's Care Financing Deficit
Part 2 of the Series - Invisible Infrastructure Underwriting India’s Economic Development looks at why India’s Care Financing Deficit is not just a policy oversight, it’s a structural risk.
As public investment stagnates and private care costs soar, the burden falls unfairly on unpaid and underpaid labour. This article exposes the cracks in care financing and why investing in the care economy is essential for equity, productivity, and growth.
Leena Chakrabarti
Aug 12, 20257 min read


The Invisible 2.6 billion hours powering India every day!
This article is the first in the 3-Part series on The Invisible Infrastructure Underwriting India’s Economic Development The trilogy also...
Leena Chakrabarti
Aug 12, 20255 min read


Emerging Care Shifts & What They Signal for India's Care Economy
Across the world, countries are investing in care as infrastructure — to drive growth, create jobs, and stabilise their futures.
India is missing the moment.
In Part 3 of Invisible Infrastructure Underwriting India’s Economic Development series, the-ZURI explores global care strategy shifts and what they signal for India’s economic path.
Leena Chakrabarti
Aug 12, 20256 min read


The State of Care: Exposing a Macroeconomic Blindspot
In India alone, women perform an estimated 2.6 billion hours of unpaid care work every single day... Across most economies, including...
theZURI
Aug 8, 20253 min read


Powering Equity - Engendering India's EV Policy
India’s EV transition is moving at speed. But is it taking everyone along?
The ZURI Policy Accelerator launches a new Lever Edition — a 12-month, 18-part inquiry into how gender equity can be embedded in the design of India’s EV policy.
Featuring 12 articles and 6 gender responsiveness scorecards (ZURI Prism), this edition is a roadmap for policymakers, donors, think tanks & investors shaping India’s mobility future.
theZURI
Aug 4, 20258 min read


theZURI Levers
The Levers is where theZURI examines the structural decisions that drive or deny equity — across care, finance, labour and access.
theZURI Team
Jul 12, 20252 min read
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