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  • Joined: August 6, 2023
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India’s Defence Export Diplomacy: Implementing the India–Philippines BrahMos Missile Agreement (2024–2026)

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The India-Philippines Brahmos Missile Agreement is known to be one of the major landmark developments in India’s development as a credible Defence exporter and strategic security partner in South-East Asia. The agreement, being signed in 2022 through a contract worth approximately 375 million dollars, marked India’s first ever export of the BrahMOS missile cruise system. The implementation phase gained momentum during 2024-2026 with the successful delivery of missile batteries, deployment support, operator training and sustained bilateral defence cooperation. The agreement also further reflects India’s broader objective of combining defence manufacturing capabilities with foreign policy to strengthen strategic partnerships under the Act East Policy and the vision of the Security and Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR). 

Building India’s Credit Backbone: The National Financial Information Registry (2023)

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Policy UpdateSruti Halder Background The National Financial Information Registry (NFIR) was announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Union Budget 2023-24 speech as a proposed central repository of financial and ancillary information, intended to facilitate the efficient flow of…

Gender-Inclusive Sanitation: The Role of Pink Toilets in Urban India (2017)

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The Pink Toilet Scheme represents a gender-responsive sanitation intervention launched by diverse municipal corporations and state authorities within the framework of the Swachh Bharat Mission to establish secure, hygienic, and dignified restrooms reserved for women, adolescent girls, and young children. These units are distinctively pink-colored to ensure rapid recognition within congested urban landscapes.

National Sports Governance Act 2025: From Ad-Hoc Oversight to Statutory Reform in Indian Sports

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For years, Indian sport operated on an unwritten principle: no matter how messy a federation’s internal politics became, courts and ad hoc committees would eventually sort it out. That informal arrangement came to an end in August 2022 when FIFA suspended the All India Football Federation, citing undue influence from a Supreme Court-appointed committee overseeing its affairs. This temporary but unprecedented suspension threatened India's hosting of the FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup just days before kick-off.

Social Stock Exchange in India: Assessing the Role of Capital Markets in Financing Social Development

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In the past, all of India's social sector (an estimated 3 million-plus registered NPOs) had been relying on philanthropy, government grants or funds received via the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) mechanism, which are more often than not one-off grants and not income earning.

Nature-Based Flood Governance in Northeast India: Evaluating Assam’s Wetland-Based Flood Mitigation Policies and Initiatives, 2015–2026

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Assam's relationship with flooding is not new, but the vocabulary of its flood policy is changing. For decades, the state's response to the Brahmaputra and its tributaries was almost entirely structural: embankments, spurs, and dredging works administered by engineering agencies.

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