Chintamani MahapatraIt is to be seen how the Russian strongman Vladimir Putin and the politically vulnerable American President Biden negotiate a mutually acceptable dealAs the Ukraine crisis deepens with Russian recognition of Donetske and Luhansk, two eastern provinces of...
Arpan Bhattacharya, Gouri Sankar NagAssessing improvements in India’s military capability is difficult, particularly when it comes to the three armed forces securing their requirements in a timely manner. The nature of warfare is experiencing remarkable transformation in the last...
Mukul AsherIntroductionUnveiling of India’s Union Budget is the single most substantive economic event of the year. It is an occasion to take stock of the immediate past economic performance, review macroeconomic and fiscal trends and scenarios, and explain India’s...
Mukul AsherThe contextGlobal trade in services is an important component of total international trade. In 2019, global exports of services were USD 6.2 trillion (24.5 percent of combined merchandise and services trade) but services exports declined to USD 5...
The Missing Geo- Political ConversationAnil Trigunayat“Will he invade or he won’t” is the perennial question in the minds of Russia—Ukraine crisis watchers as the USA insists and gives timelines for Russian invasion while Putin and his entourage continue to...
Arun KumarThe Union Budget 2022-23 was expected to take steps to tackle the problem of inadequacy of demand so that the economy’s rate of growth could be accelerated. This problem has persisted and had led to the rate of...
The State of the Environment – #PlanetTalks | Panel Discussion on COP 26 and Locally Led Adaptations in India and Bangladesh Sunderbans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hP14SCI1cU#IMPRI Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development (CECCSD), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New...
A Amarender ReddyThe National Food Security Act 2013, supported by a strong network of ration shops spread across India, provided much-needed help during the pandemic as the government shifted emphasis to redistribution and welfare schemes and saved many lives...
Political parties are outdoing each other promising free electricity and water, laptops, cycles, mixies, etc.. Implementation of these promises will have economic implications that are not negative in the present circumstances. Disdainfully these are called `freebies’ and characterized as...
Anil TrigunayatChina has emerged as a force to reckon with in the Middle East after quietly pursuing its strategic, economic, and security objectives for decades while expanding the tentacles of its all-encompassing Belt and Road Initiative. Beijing’s focused approach...
