Synopsis: In the absence of a focused approach to exports in the changing global environment, longer-term growth prospects are bound to suffer. Introduction India is on track to attain the $400-billion export target this fiscal year. Exports jumped to $33.44 billion in September, registering 21.35% year-on-year growth. India is clearly benefiting from a stronger-than- expected… Continue reading Changing economic order
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India must keep the momentum of Air India’s privatization going
Synopsis: Adopting policies that boost the market valuations of state-run companies will help government to keep the disinvestment momentum. Introduction After the successful disinvestment in Air India, many want the government to build on this and carry out more strategic disinvestment, i.e., sell more government companies, to the private sector. But that is a very… Continue reading India must keep the momentum of Air India’s privatization going
Devastation in coasts and hills underlines ecological fragility, calls for revisiting development paradigms
Synopsis: Whether in the Western Ghats or the Himalayas, there are pressing reasons for states to rethink development paradigms. Contents1 Introduction2 Why hilly states are more vulnerable to climate changes?3 What was the response by the state governments?4 What needs to be done? Introduction This monsoon season has given ample evidence of extreme weather events.… Continue reading Devastation in coasts and hills underlines ecological fragility, calls for revisiting development paradigms
Expanding forest cover: On proposed amendments to Forest Act
Synopsis: Proposed legal amendments to the Indian Forest Act are in the right direction. Contents1 Introduction2 Why was there a need to amend the Indian Forest Act?3 What are the positives in the draft Indian Forest Act?4 What are the contentious issues in the draft Indian Forest Act?5 What is the way forward? Introduction The… Continue reading Expanding forest cover: On proposed amendments to Forest Act
Movers and shapers: On Migrant workers
Synopsis: Targeted terror attacks in Kashmir have triggered an exodus of migrant workers. But this is not the sole challenge faced by migrant workers in India. Introduction Attacks on migrants in Kashmir have received nationwide attention. However, the challenges posed by nativist politics for migrant workers have gone unnoticed. Migrant workers provide cheap labor to… Continue reading Movers and shapers: On Migrant workers
India and the new Quad in West Asia
Synopsis: With the new opportunities, India should also prepare for the risks the new Quad (West Asia) will offer. Contents1 Introduction2 What is the Indo-Abrahamic Accord and why it is important?3 What foreign policy India adopts in the Middle East?4 How the change in regime in the Middle East can help India?5 What will be the… Continue reading India and the new Quad in West Asia
A shadow foreign policy for the first time
Synopsis: A new research paper has emerged which offers some directions for alternatives to India’s foreign policy. Introduction For the first time, a document has emerged from the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) named ‘India’s Path to Power: Strategy in a world adrift’. It is authored by eight well-known strategists and thinkers and provides foreign… Continue reading A shadow foreign policy for the first time
The world refugees must also be shielded from Covid
Synopsis: There is a need to include refugees and provide them basic health care facilities, including vaccines, to the countries welfare programmes. Contents1 Introduction2 What are the problems faced by the refugees during the pandemic?3 What countries did to exclude or include refugees in welfare programmes?4 What is the way forward? Introduction There are approximately… Continue reading The world refugees must also be shielded from Covid
A new global economic consensus
Synopsis: Cornwall Consensus should replace the Washington Consensus. Contents1 Introduction2 What is the Cornwall Consensus and how’s it different from the Washington consensus?3 Why is a new consensus needed?4 What needs to be done? Introduction The world is now facing a future of unprecedented risk, uncertainty, turmoil, and climate breakdown. In this context, a report… Continue reading A new global economic consensus
Education is a powerful enabler of climate-change containment
Synopsis: At this critical juncture in the history of humanity, we must now re-imagine education as a tool that can play a transformative role in mitigating climate change. Education can become an active agent in catalysing climate mitigation and adaptation in line with the global agreements. Contents1 Introduction2 How education can play a transformative role… Continue reading Education is a powerful enabler of climate-change containment
