Policy UpdateAshutosh GuptaBackgroundThe Government of India launched the Maritime Development Fund (MDF), a strategic initiative to support the country’s maritime sector, with a special emphasis on the shipbuilding and repair sectors. The MDF, unveiled during the Union Budget 2025–26,...
Harsh V. Pant |Pratnashree BasuThe visit of the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Christopher Luxon, to India in March 2025 marked his first trip to the country as head of government. Accompanied by one of the largest delegations ever...
Sreeja MukherjeeThe Invisible Voters: My Research Journey.When we speak of India’s democracy—the world’s largest—we often celebrate its scale and resilience. Yet, as I discovered through my fieldwork in Sonagachi , India’s most prominent red-light district, this celebration rings hollow...
Gitanjali BanerjeeA surprising demographic shift is happening in India. Unbelievable but true that India, the most populous country of the world has its Total Fertility Rate (TFR) dropping. Infact in the recent years TFR has dropped to 2.0 (NFHS-5,...
Tikender Singh Panwar, Hitesh VaidyaIndia is on the cusp of a profound urban metamorphosis. In the forthcoming decades, India is anticipated to boast the most significant urban population globally. However, India’s urban future is shaped by blueprints drawn far...
Policy UpdateSaniya VermaBackground The Government of India, in Union Budget 2025, made an announcement of establishing a Makhana Board for Bihar, worth the economic and agricultural value of makhana (fox nuts) in Bihar, stepping up its production, processing, value addition,...
Shailesh GandhiThe Justice Varma case represents not an anomaly, but the systemicity of corruption within the Indian judiciary. It is not the first instance of high-level corruption involving judges, and certainly not the last. At the heart of the...
ANIL TRIGUNAYATThe allegations levelled against ‘Reuters’ and Raphael Satter paint a troubling picture of modern journalism, where accusations of bias, ethical misconduct, and disregard for legal standards threaten to erode public trust.In any democracy, the media and press are...
TK ArunWashington Post recently reported that the number of programmers in the US has shrunk by a quarter over the last two years, citing data from America’s Bureau of Labour Statistics. The accompanying chart showed an actual decline in...
Policy UpdateSayantani GhoshWith the global geospatial market seeming to expand remarkably, in the Union Budget of 2025-2026, India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman announced the introduction of the National Geospatial Mission with an allocation of 100 crore rupees. The mission...
