Gold, Geopolitics, and India’s Economic Discipline
Hon’able Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent appeal asking Indians to voluntarily avoid purchasing gold jewellery for one year is not merely a symbolic patriotic gesture.
Category Economy and Infrastructure
India’s Fuel Crunch Opens the Door for New Energy Service Companies
TK Arun These organisations could take on infrastructure upgrades needed to replace imported hydrocarbons with electricity as the main cooking fuel in India A new breed of energy service organisations (ESOs) would greatly facilitate the needed switchover from imported hydrocarbons…
Manufacture and Other Operations in Warehouse Regulations (MOOWR): Boosting or Hindering Make-in-India?
If you have not heard of MOOWR, and think the term probably refers to a cow’s moo
turning into a growl in protest against the abuse she is being subjected to in the Indian
political discourse, you can be excused. The MOOWR in question, however, is not
anything remotely bovine or pastoral. It is a policy initiative by the government meant to
help the noble cause of Make-in-India, which ends up ignobly harming the project of
indigenous manufacture.
Why Finance Commission’s Grants to Cities Remain Limited
Can cities plan their future when most funds are tied to Central conditions?
India-France: Joint Development of Maritime Domain Awareness
Naval power has been a major determinant of power since ancient times. In the contemporary era of geopolitics, control over certain sea lanes of communication (SLOC), important maritime ports and important straits like the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab al-Mandab Strait has become a domain of power struggle.
Inclusive MSME Growth: The Role of the National SC-ST Hub (2016)
Launched by the Prime Minister in October 2016, the National SC-ST Hub (NSSH) was established to foster an ecosystem that supports SC/ST entrepreneurs in fulfilling the mandates of the Public Procurement Policy for Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) Order, 2012. This policy stipulates that Central Ministries, Departments, and Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) must procure a minimum of 25% of their total annual requirements from MSEs, with a specific sub-target of 4% earmarked for SC/ST-owned enterprises.
Trump’s Grand Claims, Grounded in Falsehoods
TK Arun Trump lied about everything—inflation, jobs, economic growth, tariffs, immigration, and Democrats’ disposition towards the US—in his State of the Union speech. At a campaign speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi once said that King Purushottam (Porus, the Greeks called…