Reassessing India’s Inequality: Evaluating the World Bank’s Claim
This article reassesses inequality in India by critically evaluating the world bank's recent claim using consumption data, Gini coefficients, and Lorenz analysis.
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The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (MoPA) is one of the most important agencies of the Government of India, which is tasked with coordinating and facilitating legislative business between Parliament's two houses, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Founded as a department in 1949, the MoPA acts as an important interface between the Executive and the Legislature. India, being one of the largest democracies in the world, harmony between governance and representation needs to be preserved, and MoPA does just that.
The Collapse of the Nuclear Order
Growing temptations to launch pre-emptive strikes against adversary’s nuclear facilities.
eTaal – Electronic Transaction Aggregation and Analysis Layer – 2013
eTaal (Electronic Transaction Aggregation & Analysis Layer) is an initiative by the Government of India, developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
Metro Rail Policy 2017: Driving India’s Future with Efficient Urban Mobility
While the Delhi Metro gained a reputation as a model of success, the other projects generally struggled due to a lack of private sector participation and ownership, underlying financial unsustainability, and inadequate last-mile connectivity. To address these gaps, the Government of India launched the Metro Rail Policy 2017, which received Union Cabinet approval on August 16, 2017.
The Hague NATO Summit 2025: Trump’s U-Turn and the Rise of a New Defence Order
For anyone who is piqued by US President Donald Trump’s deceptive diplomacy, where ‘strategic ambiguity’ is a policy choice, his volte face on North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) offers key insights. During the recently-held NATO summit in The Hague, perhaps the biggest development was Trump’s metamorphosed views that NATO remains relevant for the US.