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Budget 2023 pushes the pedal on growth and reforms
Indian Economy Feb 02, 2023

Budget 2023 pushes the pedal on growth and reforms

The underlying philosophy behind this budget is to help India transition from entitlements to empowerment ...

National budget 2023-24 and municipal reforms
Indian Economy Feb 02, 2023

National budget 2023-24 and municipal reforms

It is abundantly plain that the salubrity of cities will increasingly determine ‘India’s global profile’ ...

Budget 2023, aspirations and India’s vision for the G20: Do they converge?
Indian Economy Feb 02, 2023

Budget 2023, aspirations and India’s vision for the G20: Do they converge?

G20 India aims to provide a global approach to realising common aspirations like a just green transition, renewed forms of multilateralism, digital and financial inclusion, and the vision of sustainable lifestyles ...

India’s Defence Budget gets a small hike
Indian Economy | Indian Defence Feb 02, 2023

India’s Defence Budget gets a small hike

Research and development in augmenting the capacities of the armed forced and border infrastructure have been given a focus in Budget 2023 by FM Nirmala Sitharaman ...

Budget 2023: Banking on India’s optimism for the future
Indian Economy Feb 02, 2023

Budget 2023: Banking on India’s optimism for the future

Geopolitical realignments and deft footwork by our diplomats have put India in a favourable position versus the rest of the world ...

Union Budget 2023: Five Stars for the Indian economy
Indian Economy Feb 02, 2023

Union Budget 2023: Five Stars for the Indian economy

The crisis in the South Asian neighbourhood is quite alarming, but India stands as a bright star in the region and on the global stage, despite inflationary pressures ...

Embedded finance: Catalysing growth in India in 2023
Indian Economy Feb 01, 2023

Embedded finance: Catalysing growth in India in 2023

The future of embedded finance in India looks promising, and 2023 could be a decisive year for its development ...

The war against drugs in Jammu and Kashmir
Domestic Politics and Governance | Terrorism | National Politics Jan 31, 2023

The war against drugs in Jammu and Kashmir

With arms and terror infiltration becoming difficult, Pakistan has now resorted to drug trafficking to destroy Kashmir's youth ...

A fiscal council for India
Indian Economy | Economics and Finance Jan 27, 2023

A fiscal council for India

Would setting up an autonomous fiscal council outside the control of the government work in the Indian context? ...

How Indian constitutional morality strengthens its democracy?
Domestic Politics and Governance Jan 27, 2023

How Indian constitutional morality strengthens its democracy?

Despite several challenges to its democracy, the embedded values of India’s constitutional morality have played a pivotal role in strengthening it ...

2023: A Love Story… of India and economic growth
Indian Economy Jan 26, 2023

2023: A Love Story… of India and economic growth

India has the ability to be the next powerhouse as its economy has demonstrated resilience despite the challenging times ...

Inter-governmental Institutions: A key instrument for strengthening India’s federal dialogue
Domestic Politics and Governance Jan 26, 2023

Inter-governmental Institutions: A key instrument for strengthening India’s federal dialogue

A robust federal institutional dialogue between various actors can further enhance the existing Indian model of federalism ...

Dissecting India’s constitutional resilience: Lessons for G20 countries
Domestic Politics and Governance Jan 25, 2023

Dissecting India’s constitutional resilience: Lessons for G20 countries

India’s impeccable story of constitutional promise and practice has much to offer to the G20 members and the world ...

Pensions: Constitutional office holders must lead by example
Domestic Politics and Governance | Indian Economy Jan 24, 2023

Pensions: Constitutional office holders must lead by example

The old pension scheme is a deform that is practically, morally and colonially out of tune with a 21st century modern India; Parliament must start at the top and bring MPs and Judges under the National Pension System ...

Fiscal options for budget FY 2024
Indian Economy Jan 17, 2023

Fiscal options for budget FY 2024

For a new phase of growth, government disintermediation, rather than enhanced control over the economy, is appropriate. ...

Dissecting the demonetisation verdict
Indian Economy Jan 07, 2023

Dissecting the demonetisation verdict

Does the Supreme Court demonetisation majority verdict erode the institutional autonomy of RBI? ...

A Catch-22: The ban on the Popular Front of India
Domestic Politics and Governance | Internal Security Jan 02, 2023

A Catch-22: The ban on the Popular Front of India

Will the ban continue to keep a check on the activities of PFI or will it re-emerge as a potent threat to India? ...

Mission LiFE and women's E-waste side story
Development Dec 30, 2022

Mission LiFE and women's E-waste side story

Mission LiFE has the potential to empower women in the informal e-waste management sector as it aims to adopt sustainable waste reduction measures

India: Vignettes from 2022 and beyond
Domestic Politics and Governance Dec 30, 2022

India: Vignettes from 2022 and beyond

2022 was driven forward by the government’s relentless energy, drive, innovation, and rapid self-correction ...

Mission LiFE and women’s E-waste side story
Healthcare | Gender | Climate Change Dec 30, 2022

Mission LiFE and women’s E-waste side story

Mission LiFE has the potential to empower women in the informal e-waste management sector as it aims to adopt sustainable waste reduction measures ...

INS Vagir: India’s submarine modernisation plans
Maritime Security Dec 27, 2022

INS Vagir: India’s submarine modernisation plans

India is modernising its submarine fleet but the endeavour is challenging

The decriminalisation bill is a fractional reform, it must be scaled up
Domestic Politics and Governance | Law and Justice Dec 26, 2022

The decriminalisation bill is a fractional reform, it must be scaled up

In the laboratory of economic reforms, the Jan Vishwas Bill is an experiment. This decriminalisation vaccine to catalyse doing business is a long way off.

Aam Aadmi Party’s five-year agenda for MCD
Domestic Politics and Governance Dec 20, 2022

Aam Aadmi Party’s five-year agenda for MCD

Would AAP be able to translate policy into action during its five-year tenure?

India’s fight against corruption: A long battle
Domestic Politics and Governance | Indian Economy | National Politics | Law and Justice Dec 09, 2022

India’s fight against corruption: A long battle

While corruption that happens at the top level often attracts media attention and the occasional national outrage, a great deal of corruption, which affects the ordinary person, is at the retail level

AICTE LITE: A promising government-led industry-academia partnership
Skilling | Education Dec 09, 2022

AICTE LITE: A promising government-led industry-academia partnership

The recently launched government-led AICTE (LITE) programme supports the professional development of teachers in engineering education

Development for All: Social security and the G20
International Affairs | Development Dec 06, 2022

Development for All: Social security and the G20

Devising sustainable models of social security systems and expanding their coverage should be an imperative agenda for the G20

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