Since the US Presidential election, there is a debate on the new US administration’s policies and their impact on relations with India. Early indications confirm that close strategic relations between the two countries would continue under President Joe Biden. Over the years, the India-US relations […]
Integrating climate concerns into social protection and development programmes can make India more responsive in times of growing vulnerabilities. After COVID-19 pandemic stalled ground implementation of climate action and postponed events including the annual climate meet, the Conference of Parties (COP), the focus on treating […]
The agriculture sector’s performance has not been commensurate with the increasing subsidised credit it receives Farmers on the warpath would mean that agriculture reforms have again occupied centrestage not just in the minds of the politicians but also policymakers. To enable small farmers to diversify […]
The upstream oil sector requires focused policy attention and tax rationalisation. Back in 2015, PM Modi had called for 10% reduction of oil imports by 2022, but, in fact, our import dependency is at a record 84.5%, amidst declining domestic crude production. Oil production is […]
Joe Biden’s decision on Paris Pact, WHO are welcome signals of the US reversing insular tendencies of the Trump era. Among Joe Biden’s first decisions after assuming office as the 46th President of the US was to recommit his country to the Paris Climate Change […]
The RBI’s plan to tighten scrutiny of large NBFCs is critical for financial stability The RBI has proposed a significant shift in its regulatory approach towards India’s non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), from a general approach of light touch regulation to one that monitors larger players […]
The Indian fitness industry has grown steadily over the last couple of years. Several studies of the Indian retail fitness services market estimated that there are approximately six million active users in the country. These users are spending in the range of $350 to $400 […]
Bibek Debroy writes: Before liberalisation, there were around 80 Union government-level orders and around 150 state government-level orders decreeing various items as “essential”. Times change and economies evolve. If one hangs on to policies simply because of a historical legacy, that will be an inferior […]
There needs to be closer engagement between all stakeholders of the Census and the Socio-Economic and Caste Census Enumerating, describing and understanding the population of a society and what people have access to, and what they are excluded from, is important not only for social […]
The recent grid synchronisation of the third unit at Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP), near Surat in Gujarat, is notable indeed. The 700 MW unit is now our largest-capacity nuclear reactor, and the first of at least 16 units planned to balance the grid as […]