From Zero COVID to Zero Control: The Xi Way
Xi’s revenge ‘you are on your own now’ policy came following nationwide protests in late November against Xi’s oppressive ‘Zero Covid’ policies.
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Farm Subsidies: A Need for Remodeling
Market-distorting fertilizer/power subsidies must go.
The India-Egypt Ties: An Economic Perspective
Consistent with India’s new generation of intertwined economic and security agreements to facilitate its emergence as one of the major powers, India has invited President El Sisi of the Arab Republic of Egypt (henceforth Egypt), as a Chief Guest for the Republic Day celebrations on January 26, 2023. There is significant scope for mutually beneficial cooperation in international trade and in macroeconomic and fiscal management between India and Egypt, an influential nation of over 100 million people, straddling Asia and Africa, as explained below.
The Urban Land Crisis: Haldwani Case and Beyond
The Haldwani case presents a classic case of answerability to the poor by various development authorities who have designed and planned cities in the past.
Supreme Court Decision on Demonetization
A flawed process led to erroneous policy which is counterproductive and which resulted in not only damage to democracy but to huge adverse impact on the public, especially the poor. The process by which a policy is arrived at, also determines the outcomes. Can it then be said that the process was legal, even if formally, so the achievement of the objectives does not matter? The Supreme Court’s majority judgment on demonetization is based primarily on the premise that demonetization had a `reasonable nexus’ with the objectives sought to be achieved.
Inclusive Democracy: Central to India’s Global Influence
India has a potentially big role to play on the world stage, but cannot do it without inclusive democracy at home
Free Trade Agreements & India: Viabilities and Complexities
In the Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) each side tries to get the best bargain for its market access and effort is made to have some sort of a balanced outcome mechanism.