Sitaram Yechury: A Leader Who Arrived Too Late
Indian communism was at the crossroads in 1992 when the world changed. If Yechury, the communist who got it, had been given leadership then, Indian politics may have had a different trajectory
Category Governance and Law
Healthcare Sector Management and Governance: An Indian Perspective
The Center for the Study of Finance and Economics, at IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi conducted a one-month immersive Online Introductory Certificate Training Course on ‘Health Sector Management and Governance: An Indian Perspective’ from June 22 to July 13, 2024.
Navigating the Future – India’s Strategic Overhaul of Maritime Laws
Policy Update Meenu Mohan Introduction India is poised to enhance its role in global trade with the introduction of two pivotal pieces of legislation: the Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2024, and the Bills of Lading Bill, 2024; both…
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 was introduced in Lok Sabha on August 8, 2024. It amends the Waqf Act, of 1995. The Act regulates waqf property in India.
Bridging the Gap: The Challenges and Reforms for Lateral Entry in Indian Bureaucracy
How does lateral entry, in news recently, in GOI pan out? A former Niti Aayog officer argues the system needs to be much more welcoming of outside experts.
PLI Scheme Gets a Boosts: What the 2024 Budget Reveals
On July 24, 2024, the budget for 2024 was presented, bringing production-linked incentives back into focus. Budget 2024 has been seen as a subdued means of achieving our long-term objective of VIKSIT BHARAT by 2047.
India 2047: A Blueprint for Prosperity, Equality, and Innovation Empowering the Bold New Citizens of Viksit Bharat
By 2047, citizens of a prosperous India would be creative, collaborative, and liberated, embracing a modernity shaped by historical and cultural richness. What is living in the tradition would be celebrated and carried forward, what is rotten would be discarded
Thou shalt develop and grow rich, at least by the centenary of Independence. If this commandment were somehow heeded, and India were to become a high-income country, at least, by 2047, what would be the nature of a citizen of that future, prosperous India?
By the World Bank’s definition, a high-income country is defined by achieving a gross national income per capita of $13,846 or more. The trouble with average incomes is that a high level does not guarantee a comfortable standard of living for the majority: if you have highly unequal distribution of income, a super-rich minority could coexist, albeit in heavily guarded, gated communities, with a disgruntled mass of unemployed and underemployed people, with a per capita income that flatters to deceive. Think Apartheid South Africa.