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Vimarsha: ‘State of the Economy: India and the World’, A Talk by Shri S. Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF

Shri S Gurumutrthy, Member, Board of Governors, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), and Chairman, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), delivered an insightful talk on ‘The State of Economy: India and the World’ under the aegis of Vimarsha on 15 N....

December 06, 2018 Vimarsh , Economic Studies , GST , RBI , Gross Domestic Product , GDP , MSMEs , State of Economy

India’s Act East Policy and Chinese Perceptions

Dr. Pankaj Jha Commentary

Last month, a multi-think tank delegation visited China to interact with Chinese think tanks on the current state of India-China relations and the way forward. Among many other issues the Chinese experts and scholars were very keen to discuss and ana....

December 06, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , Act East Policy , Sino-India trade

Indus Water Treaty: An Appraisal

Major General (Retd.) Ajay Kumar Chaturvedi, AVSM, VSM

… a Task Force to review the IWT is a good move and hopefully it will help India in creating adequate water management infrastructure in a time bound manner so that she is able to utilise all the waters that she is entitled to harness. The unendin....

December 06, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Indus Water Treaty , River-water management

Global Economy at Crossroads: Is Digitalization the Way Ahead?

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

“Transactional capabilities keep the lights on, but transformative capabilities make the organization stand out.” ― Pearl Zhu The current global political upheaval has now come to be inextricably linked to the waning global economy. T....

December 04, 2018 Economic Studies , Article , Economic upheaval , Unemployment , Digital infrastructure

साइबर अपराध पर प्रथम अफ्रीकी सम्मेलन संपन्न

Dr Neha Sinha Article

दुनिया भर में इंटरनेट अफ्रीकी देशों में ही सबसे तेज रफ्तार से अपनी पैठ बना रहा है। अफ्रीकी संघ न....

December 04, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , अफ्रीकी देशों में इंटरनेट , अफ्रीकी साइबर कानून

Is Pakistan Losing its Asymmetric Warfare through Nuclearised-Terrorism to India’s Security Posture?

Commodore Somen Banerjee Commentary

Successful completion of INS Arihant’s war patrol signaled the operationalisation of India’s nuclear triad. This event has been deliberated extensively by the academics, professionals and media the world over. Whilst some have appreciated this ev....

December 04, 2018 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Pakistan’s nuclear-terrorism , India’s triad

The e-NAM experiment: Successes, Challenges and Opportunities

Rajesh Singh Article

Around the time of the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the e-National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) will complete three years of its launch. While the performance has been mixed nationwide — a huge success in many regulated markets, modestly so in others, an....

December 04, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Economic Studies , Article , Agricultural economy , Farmers’ income , e-NAM scheme

Imran Khan's China Visit and the IMF

Prateek Joshi Commentary

One of the key challenges that faced Imran Khan as he took over as the Prime Minister of Pakistan was the economy, especially the precarious debt situation and current account deficit. An approach to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) seemed inevi....

November 30, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan’s financial crisis , Pakistan’s bail-out loans

इमरान खान का चीन दौरा, राहत पैकेज पर चीन की चुप्पी

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

पाकिस्तान के प्रधानमंत्री इमरान खान का बहुप्रतीक्षित चीन दौरा 2 से 5 नवंबर के बीच संपन्न हुआ। यह....

November 29, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , इमरान खान का चीन दौरा

The DGCA Guidelines - A Step Forward

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

On 02 Nov 2018, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued the Civil Aviation Requirements (CARs) governing the use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) by civilians in the National Air Space. A time period of one month has b....

November 29, 2018 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , Civilian remotely piloted aircraft , DGCA civil aviation requirements