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India Intensifies Pushback Against China: A Strategic Shift Beyond the Neighborhood

Insights, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Strategic Studies

The week gone by has been a busy period for India in the Indo-Pacific. India's External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar, attended the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Laos and the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Japan. Jaishankar's visit to Laos also featured a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, following their last meeting at Astana earlier this year. The context for Jaishankar's visit was set by India's enduring pushback against China in key arenas of its interest.

IMPRI Desk and Harsh V Pant
August 3, 2024

India Needs Bold Public Sector Enterprises: Private Sector’s Timid Approach to Innovation

Insights, Center for ICT for Development, Center for Work and Welfare, Entrepreneurship, ICT and Innovation

Geostrategic as well as techno-economic imperatives call for companies that have competence in cutting edge technologies, and the private sector shows no appetite for building such competence.

IMPRI Desk and TK Arun
August 3, 2024

India’s Foreign Policy Budget: Aspirations Outlined Amid Structural Constraints

Insights, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, Center for the Study for Finance and Economics, International Relations and Strategic Studies, Public Finances and Macroeconomics

Harsh V PantAditya Gowdara Shivamurthy Structural issues like partial utilisation of allocated funds, slow implementation of projects, and short-staffing pose a major challenge to the successful implementation of the budget. The full budget for the current financial year that was…

IMPRI Desk, Harsh V Pant and Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy
August 1, 2024

Budget of the Few, for the Few

Insights, Center for the Study for Finance and Economics, Public Finances and Macroeconomics

Instead of taking care of critical problems facing the Indian economy, the Union budget 2024–25 seems to be intended to keep international agencies and the organised sector happy, writes Prof. Arun Kumar.

IMPRI Desk and Arun Kumar
August 1, 2024

Kerala’s Prayer Controversy: A Political Tool or a Genuine Issue?

Insights, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Center for Work and Welfare, Governance and Law

Kerala’s Muslim radicals are raising divisive demands and, amid opportunist silence on the part of the Communist and Congress parties, strengthening BJP in the state.

IMPRI Desk and TK Arun
July 31, 2024

Gender, Social Inclusion and Union Budget 2024 – 25

Insights, Center for the Study for Finance and Economics, Gender Impact Studies Center, Gender, Pluralism and Social Inclusion

For past 2 decades, the gender economists and for last 5 years network such as Feminist Policy Collective (FPC) have been emphasising an urgent need for Intersectional, Participatory, Decentralized & Outcome-based Gender Responsive BUDGETING.

IMPRI Desk and Vibhuti Patel
July 31, 2024

Did the Budget 2024-25 Intentionally Forgot the Word ‘Senior Citizen’?

Insights, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Economy and Infrastructure, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Public Finances and Macroeconomics, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes

It's very shocking and surprising that how in 'Viksit Bharat' 149 million Senior Citizens don't have any place. Is this country not for Old people ?

IMPRI Desk and IMPRI
July 31, 2024