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Policy UpdateSruti Halder Background The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016 established a time-bound framework for resolving corporate insolvency through the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI), and licensed Insolvency Professionals. The Insolvency…
France’s Feminist Foreign Policy is an example of how a state can connect diplomacy, development and gender equality. This is a diplomatic approach that puts women’s and girls’ rights at the centre of action. In development cooperation it moves gender from secondary concern to a core objective by advancing women’s rights and wider social development. limited to strategy; it is actively implemented through strong advocacy in international forums such as the UN Commission on the Status of Women and European institutions.
Kishtwar district has emerged as a strategic centre for hydropower development in Jammu and Kashmir because of the hydropower potential of the Chenab River and its major tributary, the Marusudar River. Hydropower development in the district began with the commissioning of the 390 MW Dul Hasti Hydroelectric Project in 2007.For several decades, further expansion remained subject to the provisions of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), 1960. The treaty allocated the waters of the Chenab River to Pakistan. However, it permitted India to undertake "non-consumptive" uses, primarily through run-of-the-river hydropower generation.
Atharva Salunke India’s security environment has changed fundamentally over the last decade. Conventional military threats continue to exist, but they are now accompanied by rapidly evolving challenges such as drone warfare, electronic warfare, cyber threats, precision-guided munitions, and persistent surveillance.…
The India-Nepal border has been regarded as one of the most distinctive international boundaries in the world. The boundary is approximately 1,751 kilometers, extending across Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Sikkim and Bihar and is governed by the provisions from the 1950 Treaty of Peace and Friendship, allowing citizens of both the countries to cross boundaries without the need of passports and visas.
Mansi Tirthani Background In India property ownership is one of the most significant pillars of socio-economic empowerment but for an individual Indian woman it is a source of her dignity, financial security and to gain gender equality in the society.…
India and China’s relationship with each other has been in focus for several reasons. Both the countries have established economic cooperation and multilateral engagement with each other, but despite these engagements, both still face unresolved border disputes along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).