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Building Capabilities and Capacities for India - Policy suggestions for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government 2024

The Vivekananda International Foundation has published a report Building Capabilities and Capacities for India: Policy Suggestions for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government 2024. It makes several policy suggestions in areas ranging from f....

July 11, 2024 India , foreign policy , Climate Change , Government , NDA , Ayurveda , Higher Education , International trade , cybersecurity , VIF Report , Modi 3.0 , Policy suggestions , Building Capabilities

Building Capabilities and Capacities for India - Policy suggestions for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government 2024

July 04, 2024 Governance and Political Studies , India , foreign policy , Climate Change , Government , NDA , Ayurveda , Higher Education , International trade , cybersecurity , Modi 3.0 , Policy suggestions

A Retired Bureaucrat’s 2024 Election Takeaways

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Commentary

With the dust of the 2024 election having finally settled and a new National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government having been sworn in it is now appropriate to attempt to tease out some of its key takeaways. For starters, it should definitively pu....

June 10, 2024 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , India , democracy , Congress , BJP , election , PM Modi , NDA , Opposition

De-monetisation: The Balance Sheet – ‘Vimarsha’ with Shri S Gurumurthy

The Vivekananda International Foundation held its monthly ‘Vimarsha’ on 12 December 2016 with eminent thinker and economist, Shri S Gurumurthy, widely acclaimed as a champion of ‘economic nationalism’ in India. A....

December 12, 2016 Vimarsh , Economic Studies , De-monetisation , NDA , UPA

Judiciary versus Executive – Need for Early Resolution

Rajesh Singh

It appears that the confrontation between the Union Government and the judiciary over the appointment of judges, is not going to end soon. Ever since a Bench of the Supreme Court struck down the validity of the National Judicial Appointments Commissi....

September 06, 2016 Governance and Political Studies , Policies & Perspectives , NDA , 99th Amendment Bill , UPA

The Role of The Rajya Sabha - What was Envisaged and What has Become of It

Dr A Surya Prakash

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government is expected to improve its numbers in the Rajya Sabha after the present round of biennial elections, but it is still some distance away from gaining a majority in this House. Which means that the ruli....

June 08, 2016 Governance and Political Studies , Rajya Sabha , Modi Government , National Democratic Alliance , NDA