India’s marine fisheries sector plays a critical role in coastal livelihoods, food security, and the country’s emerging blue economy. However, the governance of marine fisheries remains fragmented due to variations in Marine Fishing Regulation Acts (MFRAs) implemented by coastal states and Union Territories. These differences ...
A regionally integrated grid is central to South Asia’s clean energy transition. Cross-border electricity trade (CBET) in the Bangladesh–Bhutan–India–Nepal (BBIN) subregion has nearly tripled from 7.8 TWh in 2013 to 21 TWh in 2024, yet remains far below its potential. An integrated grid can harness ...
Isolation from the West has forced Russia to reach out to the Global South. Its trade with India, for example, saw a remarkable rise in FY2024-25, driven by increased imports by India, primarily of crude oil. To work around US, UK, and EU sanctions imposed ...
On 1 January 2026, imports of certain carbon-intensive goods into the European Union (EU) became subject to additional charges under the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). This brief evaluates the impacts of this mechanism on Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries—Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, ...
International trade contributes to economic development, employment generation, industrial growth, and infrastructure expansion. This is especially true for emerging economies such as India, whose bilateral trade with the United States (US), its largest trading partner, is valued at US$41.2 billion. Recent US tariff hikes have ...
India’s fertility rates have dropped below replacement levels, and the nation faces the prospect of ageing before it becomes rich and escapes the middle-income trap. Vectors like shifting family dynamics and consumer demands, narrowing workforce window with a strain on state capacity, divergent regional trajectories, ...
This brief analyses the United States’ (US) National Security Strategy (NSS) 2025 under President Donald Trump and deems it a decisive recalibration of American grand strategy. It argues that the document reflects a disenchantment with the post-1945 United Nations-led normative order and signals a return ...
The question of making manufacturing more climate-conscious has become central to trade policy debates, and environmental standards as non-tariff barriers are no longer just a subset of the larger trade and environment discourse. This brief defines environmental standards contextualised with international agreements and rules. It ...
In recent years, mountain ecosystems have seen increasing investments from national and international donor agencies that support socio-economic and environmental initiatives in these areas. Such financing, however, is not based on any mountain-specific policy. Conceptual and theoretical analyses of such financing too, when compared with ...
This brief examines how India’s Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting (BRSR) framework under SEBI’s Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements can evolve into a disclosure regime that is globally credible yet locally relevant. Drawing on comparative analysis and stakeholder consultations, it finds that the BRSR suffers ...
