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Social Accountability for Stronger Municipal Finances: The Role of Citizen Participation in Enhancing Property Tax Compliance in Indian Cities 

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Policy UpdateTanvi Nerurkar Background India’s cities are facing a major transition. Urban areas now produce more than 60 % of the country’s GDP and are expected to be home to almost 600 million people by 2036. Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)…

India’s Reported Deployment of 12 Nuclear Warheads: Assessing the Strategic Implications of SIPRI’s 2026 Findings

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Riddhi Sutar Background The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in its SIPRI Yearbook 2026, reported that India may have operationally deployed approximately 12 nuclear warheads for the first time during peacetime. According to SIPRI’s assessment, India possessed an estimated…

Section 301: A New Challenge in India-US Interim Trade Agreement

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Ameya Satam Introduction  Section 301 allows the USTR (US Trade Representative) to scrutinize the acts, policies, and practices of foreign governments. It also decides if the acts, policies, and practices of those countries are invalid or discriminatory and obstruct or…

De-Dollarisation: Myth, Reality, and the Future of Emerging Economies

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Nayanshi Jain Introduction When Russia was cut off from significant parts of the global financial system in 2022, the world was reminded of the immense power embedded in the United States dollar. At the same time, countries across the Global…

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