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With Verdict 2019 giving a greater political force to Modi’s next five years, we hope some of them will make the grade, or at least, in experiential

Even though Socialism as a failed philosophy stares us in the face, India’s Constitution continues to Preamble all Articles through it. Perhaps, tha

As BRICS navigates the evolving global economic landscape, its trade, investment, and finance progress underscores its significance as a transformativ

ndia was facing a massive balance of payment crisis when the Observer Research Foundation released a document, ‘Agenda for Economic Reform’, on 1 July 1991. The Agenda outlined the reasons for the crisis and recommended a broad strategy to enable the country to overcome it. As India marks 30 years since the start of widespread reforms that opened up the economy, ORF revisits the recommendations outlined in the document.

As India commemorates the 30th anniversary of the 1991 Reforms, ORF looks back at its very first publication.

The reforms generated rapid economic growth and transformed the way India engaged with the world.

India launched its economic reforms 25 years back. Looking back, it seems if Dr Manmohan Singh's dream team had continued with the reforms during Singh's premiership, India would not have to lose a decade. Then India would have reaped the breakthrough benefit.

That the Maldivian Government of President Mohammed 'Anni' Nasheed has taken the economic reforms process seriously, risking its electoral future, has been known for some time now.

The repeal of the three farm laws will most likely lead to a quarter century where no political party will touch agricultural reform

Democracy in Asia a mixed bag, Thailand still a “flawed democracy”

The three organs of the State, as laid down in the Constitution, are the executive, the legislature and the judiciary. Reforms are about examining the

Despite the gloom and doom over the last two decades, Nepal in general has endorsed democracy, political stability and a wave of economic reforms.

प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी की ज़िम्मेदारी बिल्कुल साफ़ �

GST व्यवस्था लागू होने के पिछले पांच वर्षों के दौरान हमने द�

इस क्राइसिस से जो संदेश मिला, वो यह कि जब एक अच्छी अर्थव्यवस्था का कुप्रबंधन किया जाता है, जब राजनेता सिर्फ अपनी जेब भरते हैं और लोगों की परेशानिया हल नहीं कर पाते तो उसका नत�

आर्थिक विकास के लिए व्यापार घाटा कम करना ज़रूरी है. बेहतर

बाइडेन और आईपीईएफ आर्थिक पारदर्शिता की वकालत करते हैं और

आर्थिक कूटनीति के नये क्षेत्रों को लेकर भारत के रुख़ पर न

आज जब महामारी से लेकर यूक्रेन संकट तक तमाम तरह की उठा-पटक �

श्रीलंका के क़र्ज़ जाल में श्रीलंका समेत कई देश फंसते जा रहे हैं. इनमें भारत के कई पड़ोसी देश शामिल हैं. भारत ऐसे देशों की ओर मदद का हाथ बढ़ाकर बड़े भाई की भूमिका में सामने आ रहा

ख़ुशहाल और समृद्ध देशों में शुमार श्रीलंका की आर्थिक बदहाली के बाद दुनिया के इन मुल्‍कों की चिंता बढ़ गई है. इसमें पाकिस्तान और नेपाल भी शामिल हैं. बता दें कि श्रीलंका अपनी आ�

हाल ही में भारत में संपन्न CII-एग्ज़िम बैंक कॉन्क्लेव से व्�

भारत की सुरक्षा ज़रूरतों को ध्यान में रखते हुए रक्षा बजट �

Even 30 years after Tiananmen, China’s leadership is unable to understand — or is stubbornly unwilling to understand — the contradiction between

नेपाल को इस बात का बखूबी अंदाजा है कि चीन की बीआरआई परियोज

China as the leader of the pack will use BRICS for control and dominance. The West will see this as a threat to existing arrangements and try to pull it down before it takes off. Indian presence will remain weak so long as our economic reforms and progress remain slow and our internal political and policy frameworks remain uncertain.

The accompanying politico-administrative changes apart, Elections-2004 has caused the mid-course review of the economic reforms, seeking to introduce the missing "human face", about which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had begun talking about while in the Opposition.

भू-राजनीति के प्रतिस्पर्धी कोष्ठागारों (साइलोज़, यानी ऐस

Renewed proximity with India can help Sri Lanka reduce its dependence on foreign reserves, while giving Delhi the leverage to push for benefits

If a crisis was needed to reform a nation, perhaps COVID-19 it is. Recall the 1991 reforms, when India was facing a balance of payments crisis. The crisis pushed the Indian state into action and economic reforms were quickly ushered in.

जब ख़तरनाक रफ़्तार से डिजिटल वित्त सेक्टर आगे बढ़ रहा है,

नियामक संस्थाओं की हद से ज़्यादा पहुंच को नियामक सुधारों

There has been a heated debate about opening up the retail trade sector in India to foreign direct investment (FDI). Allowing foreign investment to come in retail trading is supposed to indicate that economic reforms are on track and that like in China , Walmart, Carforre, MAKRO, 7 Eleven and many more giant retail store chains, would be seen in India.

President Barack Obama has to understand the Indian psyche before advising rapid economic reforms and realise that without adequate safety nets, open unemployment will be a scourge for India.

India’s polity seems to accept big-bang economic reforms only under two co-existing circumstances: Political instability and an economic crisis.

हाल के समय में वैश्विक कर्ज़ों के स्तरों में उछाल के चलते

Aware of the economic threat posed by the US, the Chinese president has been pushing for economic reforms.

India needs to do a more convincing job as a beneficial strategic partner of ASEAN by boosting its domestic economic reforms agenda, enhancing regional connectivity, and increasing its presence in regional institutions. ASEAN too should be more specific in its expectations from New Delhi.

The 4th India-Arab Partnership Conference, organised late last month as part of the Modi government's efforts to elevate the level of engagement between the two sides, echoed the new government's agenda of economic reforms and deeper economic engagement globally and regionally.

यूएई और भारत सीईपीए मंच का अधिकतम लाभ उठाने के लिए, भारत औ�

Economic decisions and reforms are not a sprint, but a relay race where different types of economic reforms are required at various stages of a nation

IPEF की रूपरेखा में ख़ामियों के बावजूद ये ढांचा भारत को दक्ष

विश्व अर्थव्यवस्था की विकास दर गिरने के चलते मालदीव की स�