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.
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.
TK Arun The government’s new Research, Development and Innovation scheme is half-hearted hope masquerading as policy. True, it talks big money: Rs 1 trillion, for private sector R&D, which, at present, is vanishingly small, and certainly needs a policy-induced boost.…
Meanwhile, as China forges ahead in artificial intelligence and robotics, India is stuck with half-baked R&D schemes.
GST WAS LAUNCHED ON JULY 1, 2017 with the promise that it would transform the Indian economy. It was characterized as a second freedom since it would unify the nation. Eight years later, it is time to assess its performance. While the Prime Minister has lauded the tax, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, has criticised it since it marginalises the marginals.
India’s Ministry of Power (MoP) stands at a pivotal crossroad—balancing an ambitious scaling of renewable energy and electrification with the urgent necessity to reform entrenched financial and infrastructural bottlenecks. Its ability to drive DISCOM reform, grid modernization, and storage uptake will define whether India achieves its 2030 clean energy goals and sets the stage for a 2047 decarbonized grid.