Harsh V Pant & Kalpit A MankikarThis year marks the 75th anniversary of India and China establishing diplomatic relations. While India was the first non-socialist nation to recognise China, the relationship has been marred by several ups and downs. The unsettled...
Policy Update Sreya S MottiINTRODUCTION:Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U) is a flagship Mission of the Government of India implemented by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). Finance Minister Arun Jaitley launched the scheme on 25th...
Harsh V Pank & Aditya Gowdara ShivamurthyMuhammad Yunus seems to be on a mission. Bit by bit, he seems intent on destroying carefully nurtured Delhi-Dhaka ties. During his visit to China last month – and just days before the Bangkok Bimstec...
TK ArunWhether you surrender or make a compromise, you give up something. What makes compromise different from surrender is that you get something in return for the concession you make. In surrender, the only thing you get is the...
TK ArunHuggies do not hug as tight as Narendra Modi when presented with a world leader. Prime Minister Modi has embraced US President Donald Trump warmly as well as tightly many times over. Yet, all that frenetic hugging has...
Harsh V. PantIn his two months in office, US President Donald Trump has given a new meaning to the term ‘disruption.’ Before he took his second presidential avatar, the term was discussed mostly in hypothetical terms in seminar rooms and conference...
Harsh V. Pant, Vivek MishraThere has never been a moment in Canadian politics when a domestic election hinged so heavily on a single external factor. US President Donald Trump’s dibble-dabble on issues of trade, tariff and sovereignty has converged...
Policy Update Tanushree BoraBackgroundThe Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana (PMDKY) was introduced in the Union Budget 2025-26 to revitalize India’s agricultural sector, particularly in 100 underdeveloped agricultural districts. These districts were selected based on low productivity, moderate crop intensity,...
Policy UpdateR Sonali DeviIntroduction:India’s largest public policy think tank, Niti Aayog, will be releasing the Investment Friendliness Index in July 2025 in association with the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) and the Finance Ministry. Finance...
Policy Update Manjeet Pawar Introduction & BackgroundThe Government of India has supported the Neeranchal National Watershed Management Project from the World Bank. It is intended to improve watershed management practices across the rain-fed areas within India through increased agricultural productivity,...
