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India’s Overseas Development Partnership (ODP): Reading South Asia’s Diplomatic Realities Through the Budget Lens

Policy Update Asmatwali Background India’s Overseas Development Partnership (ODP) has evolved from a modest post-independence solidarity gesture into one of the most consequential instruments of New Delhi’s foreign policy. Rooted in the Colombo Plan (1950) and later institutionalised through the…

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The Mirage of the Metro Boom: Analyzing Structural Losses and the Last-Mile Chasm in Indian Mass Transit

Over the past two decades, India’s urban transport planning has shifted heavily toward high-cost, capital-intensive metropolitan rail systems. Promoted as the definitive solution for traffic congestion, vehicular emissions, and rapid urbanization, billions of dollars have been systematically funneled into building heavy rail infrastructure.

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