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Harsh V. Pant and Shashank Mattoo In their first physical meeting in over two years, foreign ministers of India, the US, Japan, and Australia reiterated their commitment to the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue’s rules-based international system and freedom of navigation at…
Tikender Singh Panwar and Deepika Saxena The plan’s failure to address the specific development requirements for hilly topographies as well as Shimla’s rich architectural heritage is among the many drawbacks of the new draft development plan. Shimla, the erstwhile capital…
K R Shyam Sundar It is a fact that while industrial accidents occur often, only major accidents — say in construction or in a hazardous industry — are reported. Recently, the CRUSHED Report 2021 released by Safe in India (SII), reported in…
Rashmi Venkatesan The labor market is characterized by low wages, wage disparities, and informalisation. Without correcting these structural bottlenecks, India cannot address the problem of growing inequality, writes the author. Large-scale protests were seen last week in UP and Bihar…
Key points of analysis by constituents of Vikalp Sangam* This analysis looks at the environmental implications of India’s Union Budget 2022-23 in three dimensions:• Direct allocations for Environment• Indirect allocations for Environment in non-environment sectors• Allocations for other sectors with…
Ashish Kothari “The risks of climate change are the strongest negative externalities that affect India,” said the country’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while introducing its 2022-23 national budget. Her speech and the budgetary documents also refer to ‘sustainable development’ several times. These…
TK Arun Muslim women need equality, no doubt. But for the needed process of social change to take place, Muslims need the security to live and lead their lives as equal citizens first, especially when their rights are under attack…