Mansi Tirthani Background Indian rupee is under global pressure hitting historic lows to ₹95 per dollar. This macro volatility ceases to be a mere statistic but in reality it transforms into a structural crisis that impacts women differently. Macroeconomic shocks…
For decades, the standard critique of the Indian public health sector was its single-minded obsession with "demand-side" adjustments.
Mr. Modi has been PM of India for the last 12 years. In 2014 the long period of coalition rule at the Center ended and hat was characterized as a period of uncertainty when hard decisions could not be taken and consequently there was policy paralysis and economic downturn.
Earlier this month, the Union finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, stated that India’s domestic economic situation remains positive and resilient even today.
Speaking to members of the Indian diaspora at The Hague in mid-May, Prime Minister Modi said the war in West Asia can overturn the gains of the Indian economy in the past decade.
QUAD is the diplomatic partnership group of four countries - Japan, India, Australia and the United States, which is also identified as “Quadrilateral Security Dialogue”. This group works with the agenda of keeping the world at peace and keeping the Indo-Pacific open, free, prosperous, and inclusive. QUAD focuses on the fields of health security, climate change, critical and emerging technologies, infrastructure and debt sustainability, cyber security, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, and strengthening the maritime domain awareness of regional countries. The regular engagements of the QUAD occur through Leaders, Foreign Ministers, QUAD Sherpas, senior officials, and experts (Ministry of External Affairs, 2023).
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)…