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Government agencies at the city, state and central level are paying greater attention to sustainable transport as the way forward for India’s mobility sector. However, for sustainability measures to have lasting outcomes in policy and practice, institutional reforms are urgently needed. The National Urban Transport Policy, which governs India’s urban mobility policymaking, was amended in 2014 to create city-specific, low-carbon mobility solut
This year’s survey encompasses the massive changes that the country has had to go through over the decades in the long term as well as through the p
Three poorly-designed recent policies display a yawning gap between the makers and the takers of economic policy
Governments are architects designing our range of choices and social environment. Using formal behavioural science towards design, they can craft smar
It is about recognising that while cities offer economic opportunities to millions, they come with poor and overcrowded housing, lack of safe water an
To emerge as tech power in the future, India needs to rethink its approach towards policymaking
India’s social structure, with enduring gender inequalities rooted in patriarchal norms, plays a significant role in perpetuating gender-based violence (GBV). Women in India have been victims of infanticide, selective abortions, sex trafficking, stalking, dowry demands, child marriages, acid attacks, and honour killings. This brief explores the social dimension of GBV in India and assesses how gaps in legislation help to perpetuate them. It als
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
Completely aligned with a control mindset, the practice of ensuring that farmers get a fair return on their production in an era of food surpluses con
Stability of banks has been RBI’s sole focus for the past 70 years, an idea the central bank has nurtured since its nationalisation in 1948.
This law enacted in 1947 showed who would be in charge of capital in socialist India.
In their new avatars, ICICI Bank and IDBI Bank command the size and scale to repeat that performance for household finance, while IFCI is teetering un
At a time when India was emerging from the aftermath of Partition and shortages, the objective of this Act was to protect citizens from exploitation b
The Factories Act ensures that working conditions of Indian labour are humane and entitles them to protection against loose processes.
Finance Commissions decide the distribution taxes between the centre and the states, and is the key financial lever determining the federal structure
The new FCI should be a market-friendly agency for food management, with a primary focus on creating competition in every segment of foodgrain supply
The Foreign Exchange Regulation Act extended controls to “the use or disposal of — or dealings in — coin, bullion, securities or foreign exchang
As companies and producers began to embrace and communicate their adherence to the “ISI Mark” as a virtue, the mark and the quality it certified s
The resolution emphasised on support for cottage, village and small-scale industries by restricting production for large players, differential taxatio
The law declared “in the public interest” — a term that would get echoed over the next five decades for several laws and policies, to mean the c
While building institutions is hard, maintaining them is even harder.
Through the Minimum Wages Act, the Parliament declared that governments — not economic agents — would decide the amount of wages paid.
A five-decade-old issue — concentration of economic power, dominance in the hands of the few and the resultant inequalities — remains alive even t
If airlines symbolised the travel of the rich, they should logically have been banned altogether or taxed heavily. Instead, the government nationalise
“Nationalisation,” Indira Gandhi proclaimed, “is necessary for the speedy achievement of these objectives.”
In terms of outcomes, the first decade of coal nationalisation saw “political patronage of mafia activities” and bureaucratic corruption.
From 1972 to 2002, the journey of GIC — from nationalisation to a general insurance monopoly to opening up to private competition and finally to bec
While the ostensible reason for nationalisation and the obliteration of all competition was unfair practices of the companies and the protection of po
Intermingled with ONGC’s corporate structure was India’s strategic goal of energy security, the route to which was through global acquisitions.
An analysis of the agenda papers and records of the first 50 meetings indicates the dominance of a central economic thought, articulated by the prime
Initially offered by post offices and branches of select public sector banks, today, most private sector banks can offer the provident fund scheme to
Possibly enthused by the socialist celebration of nationalisation as a silver bullet for all things market, the nationalisation of textile mills faile
The Special Economic Zones Act was, and still remains, a difficult legislation to turn into action.
Through the six decades of SBI’s presence, the initial objective of extending “banking facilities on a large scale, more particularly in the rural
The intellectual framework for high taxes was set by Finance Minister C.D. Deshmukh in his 27 February 1953 Union Budget speech, where he set up the T
Focused primarily on the Indian economy, Gautam Chikermane's new book, 70 Policies, also explores the impact of external influences — legal, politic
At the end of the day, Trump’s policymaking will depend on the team that executes it, and, as of now, no one has a clue about what this team will look like.
The human toll of the COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating. At the same time, measures to tackle the crisis have affected national economies and grounded global trade to a halt. Small Island Developing States (SIDS) such as the Seychelles are amongst the countries that have suffered some of the worst economic impacts of the outbreak. The current situation illustrates the global state of unpreparedness for a pandemic and points to similar inadeq
Perhaps for the first time in the history of India’s health policymaking, multiple agencies are moving in a closely coordinated manner.
How can Japan bring in energy reforms with its weak political structures, a very strong nuclear lobby that can influence policymaking, and rising public discontent? Japan has seen five Prime Ministers in the last five years.
Cyber security should take centrestage in nuclear-policymaking. This brief evaluates the current state of cyber security in India’s civilian and military nuclear systems, as gleaned from both incidents of breach on-ground and analyses in the public discourse. It outlines the level of threats faced in this domain, and makes a case for the development of policy measures for an integrated cyber-nuclear security strategy.
In an unpredictable global environment, India needs to shape a domestic consensus in matters of Indian foreign policy.
If Obama's mandate is any guide, America is about to move to a softer, more socialised capitalist framework in which the people's welfare will be at the centre of policymaking. In a sense, America may be heading the European way in terms of pursuing social market policy.
India has undertaken steps towards exports-centric manufacturing and has kickstarted its own industrial policymaking, suggesting that India’s indust
