Carbon Credits Trading Scheme (2023): A Greener Future
The Carbon Credits Trading Scheme (CCTS) 2023 marks India's stride toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions in alignment with its commitments under the Paris Agreement.
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From OPS to UPS: Understanding the Shift in Pension Funding and Its Implications
Arranging pensions to be paid out of returns on a corpus created by contributions from employees and employers, while investing the corpus funds wisely, is a sound practice
Zelensky’s Criticism of India’s Russian Oil Purchases: A Case of Double Standards?
Zelensky criticises India’s purchasing of Russian oil while ignoring that his own benefactors in Europe have been buying billions of dollars of gas from Russia
It appears that two hugs by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to President Volodymyr Zelensky in Apulia and Kyiv have been weighed lightly compared to the one given to Russian President Vladimir Putin. President Zelensky had invited and hosted PM Modi and has been asking India, along with other Western leaders, to leverage its influence with President Putin to end the conflict. Hence PM Modi used his personal diplomacy and credit with Putin in July to find a reasonable solution through dialogue, diplomacy, and respect for the UN Charter.
PLI Scheme Gets a Boosts: What the 2024 Budget Reveals
On July 24, 2024, the budget for 2024 was presented, bringing production-linked incentives back into focus. Budget 2024 has been seen as a subdued means of achieving our long-term objective of VIKSIT BHARAT by 2047.
Investment and Security: India’s Strategic Shift in Managing Chinese Economic Relations
India has approved investment proposals from certain Chinese electronics manufacturing companies, suggesting a shift in its economic stance towards China.
The China-Xizang Initiative: Consolidating Power and Shaping the Trans-Himalayan Region
The delegates invited, the agenda unveiled, and the larger context, indicate China’s efforts to convert Tibet (renamed recently as Xizang) into the fulcrum of sub-regional initiatives as well as to expand China’s influence in the neighbourhood.