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What The Budget Holds For Urban India?
Tikender Singh PanwarThe Union Budget 2026 has cut urban development allocations by 11.6%, lowering funding from ₹96,777 crore to ₹85,522 crore. This reduction raises...
India’s Strategy Of Patience With Trump Has Paid Off
Harsh V PantVivek MishraIndia and the US have entered a new phase in their relationship, marked by greater parity.The Donald Trump administration is often...
AI Strategy Of India: Rethinking The Data Centre Boom
TK ARUNStoring foreign data in India is neither necessary nor sufficient to develop Indian AI, and is guaranteed to create power shortages and spread...
Bangladesh Strategic Pragmatism
ANIL TRIGUNAYATNew Delhi has clearly articulated its approach with a more robust Neighbourhood First policy, but the ball is in Dhaka’s court. Tarique Rahman...
Beyond The US: India’s Opportunity To Champion Global Rules – IMPRI...
T.K. ArunWhat are India’s options in the ‘Brave New World According to Trump’? ‘Modi understands he must make me happy,’ said Trump, in the...
Selective Regulation: Why Power Escapes But Gig Workers Don’t – IMPRI...
TK ARUNWhat do you call someone who comes down like a tonne of bricks on ambitious youngsters with career aspirations but crumbles like a...
Bangladesh Democratic Transition: Strategic Balancing In A Changing Region
HARSH PANT The 2026 general election in Bangladesh — the first electoral exercise after the 2024 student-led uprising that brought an abrupt end to...
RSS And Caste
ADITI NARAYANI PASWANContrary to naysayers, the RSS practices what it preaches. It is closer to the Gandhian teaching of improving the individual morally and...
Himachal’s Fiscal Strain And RDG Cuts
TIKENDER SINGH PANWARRevenues flow overwhelmingly to Central utilities. The resource is local. The land is local. The risks are local. The profits are not.FOR...
Union Budget 2026–27: Reform Rhetoric And Unequal Outcomes In India’s Fiscal...
ARUN KUMAR True reforms would ensure a level playing field and boost public investments in education, healthcare and social securityBoth the Union Budget 2026...
























