Why Does the G7 Keep Inviting India to its Summits?
India’s recurring invitations reveal as much about New Delhi’s ambitions as about the G7’s adaptation to the changing times.
Category Policy Update
YUVA Tourism CLUBS: Nurturing Young Ambassadors of Indian Tourism ( 2022)
The YUVA Tourism CLUBS initiative was started by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, in 2022 as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
The Green Energy-Groundwater Paradox: An Economic Evaluation of PM-KUSUM (2019)
The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) was launched by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) in 2019 to solarize India's agricultural sector, enhance energy security, and provide clean daytime power to farmers.
A Distracted Pakistan: Strategic Opportunity in the Afghanistan-Pakistan War
Policy UpdateAsmatwali Background Tensions between Pakistan and the Taliban-led government of Afghanistan, simmering since the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021, escalated into open warfare in late February 2026. Following weeks of militant attacks inside Pakistan, the Pakistan Air…
India’s Asia-Pacific Outreach: Modi’s Indonesia-Australia-New Zealand Trip
Policy UpdateAsmatwali Background Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertook a six-day, three-nation tour of Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand from 6 to 11 July 2026, comprising a State Visit to Indonesia (6-8 July), the Third India-Australia Annual Summit in Melbourne (8-10…
India-Japan and the Indo-Pacific Pivot Amid West Asian Turmoil
Policy UpdateAsmatwali Background India and Japan trace their contemporary partnership to the 1952 Peace Treaty, progressively upgraded into a “Global Partnership” (2000), a “Global and Strategic Partnership” (2006), and the “Special Strategic and Global Partnership” (SSGP) in 2014, anchored since…
Sectoral Priorities in the West Bengal Budget 2026–27: A Focus on Welfare and Infrastructure
On June 22, 2026, West Bengal's newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, led by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, presented its first full-year budget for 2026–27, ending over a decade of Trinamool Congress (TMC) rule in the state. Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta's budget speech had two competing jobs to do: hold on to the welfare architecture built by the outgoing TMC government, which remains politically indispensable in Bengal, while signalling a new emphasis on industrial revival, infrastructure expansion and fiscal discipline (The Daily Pioneer, 2026).