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Today’s brief covers these important issues:
Harsh V. Pant’s article in ORF focuses on India’s multi-aligned West Asia strategy through energy security, diaspora safety, maritime security and UAE as a strategic gateway.
Sachchidanand Shukla’s article in Indian Express analysis the link of foreign capital with geopolitics, tax certainty, labour reforms and India’s credibility as an investment destination.
Priyanka Tibrewal and Srikara Prasad’s article in Deccan Herald talks about framework for urban governance: the problem is not lack of agencies, but too many agencies without one accountable city government.
UPSC has previously asked question on these themes:
- GS-II 2025: “Energy security constitutes the dominant kingpin of India’s foreign policy, and is linked with India’s overarching influence in Middle Eastern countries.” How would you integrate energy security with India’s foreign policy trajectories in the coming years?
- GS-III 2025: What are the challenges before the Indian economy when the world is moving away from free trade and multilateralism to protectionism and bilateralism? How can these challenges be met?
- GS-II 2024: Analyse the role of local bodies in providing good governance at local level and bring out the pros and cons merging the rural local bodies with the urban local bodies.
- GS-II 2023: “The states in India seem reluctant to empower urban local bodies both functionally as well as financially.” Comment.
- PSIR Paper-II 2023: Discuss the significance of “West Asia Quad” in the light of India’s ‘Look West’ policy.
