Harsh V PantPrime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Poland and Ukraine this week. Both visits are historic in their own ways: for Poland, this will be the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister in 45 years, while...
Policy UpdateLakshita SinghContextIn India, gender-responsive budgeting was first introduced in the 2005-06 budget process, and since then, the government has published annual Gender Budget Statements (GBSs). These are categorized into two sections: Part A, which pertains to programs exclusively...
Policy UpdateSakshiBackground:In October 2018, the Swachhata Hi Seva fortnight saw the launch of the Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) Scheme, intending to widen the use of a cleaner and cheaper alternative for automotive fuel, namely, Biogas. Sh. Dharmendra...
Harsh V Pant and Pratnashree BasuSingapore’s centrality in India’s Southeast Asia outreach is reflected in the two countries’ cooperation in multilateral forums.As India continues to steadily deepen and expand the scope of its strategic outreach in Southeast Asia, Singapore...
Harsh V Pant and Kartik BommakantiUkraine’s bold move is intended to impress Kyiv’s western arms patrons, which could pave the way for a settlement with Russia.The Ukrainians surprised Russia by launching an audacious attack into the Kursk region of the Russian...
Harsh V. PantThe trajectories of India’s neighbours are driven more by their own agency than their adjacency to India. Think of Bangladesh. In general, India should continue to invest in its neighbours’ future even if the outcome of that...
Anil TrigunayatIndian policy of de-hyphenation of relationships, each standing on its own bilateral matrix, and the neutralisation of the ‘Pakistan factor’ have been quite successful in West Asia.This is not even arguable that one of the biggest successes of...
Policy UpdateSrishtistuti RoyBackgroundLaunched in 2021, the Great Nicobar Island (GNI) project is a Rs.72,000 crore mega project under the Holistic Development of Islands program, aimed towards transforming the southernmost island of the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago into a hub...
Policy UpdateDipannita SahaBackground of Cryptocurrency RegulationsIndia’s cryptocurrency regulation has undergone significant evolution over the past few years, characterized by a series of critical developments. In 2018, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) adopted a stringent stance on cryptocurrencies, prohibiting...
Policy UpdateNandini AryaBackgroundThe Samagra Shiksha programme, designed to provide a comprehensive and integrated approach to school education in India, has taken a significant step forward with the introduction of a new sanitation and health scheme. In recent years, India...
