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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
RCEP: What’s in it for India
Hennashka Israni Article

The economic world has come a long way since the conception of trade theories like those of ‘Absolute Advantage’ and ‘Comparative Advantage' by Smith and Ricardo. The advent of globalization has led to various forms of economic integration amon....

November 28, 2018 Economic Studies , Article , India’s trade policy , the RCEP framework
Impasse in Jammu and Kashmir
Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty Article

Political Situation
On 19 June 2018, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) pulled out of the Mehbooba Mufti Government in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). The alliance was formed after the elections in 2015. The mandate during the elections was fractur....

November 28, 2018 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Impasse in Kashmir , Kashmir politics
U.S. National Cyber Strategy and Department of Defence (DoD) Cyber Strategy: An Analysis

… India’s national security establishments and the armed forces need to … take appropriate action wherever required to improve India’s posture in the cyber domain. Publishing a National Cyber Strategy and Cyber Strategy for the Ministry of De....

November 28, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Ministry of Defence , National Cyber Strategy , Cyber Strategy
Visit of the Financial Action Task Force to Pakistan
Shruti Punia Commentary

A nine-member delegation of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) paid a 12-day visit to Pakistan from October 8-19. The FATF’s Asia Pacific Group (APG) was a team including experts from US Department of Treasury, British Scotland Yard, People’s....

November 27, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Terrorism Financing in Pakistan , Financial Action Task Force in Pakistan
America First: Foreign Policy of Mr. Trump
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

Several recent episodes have brought out the nature of the ‘America First’ policy of President Trump. What is then the place of cherished values of human rights and free trade in the US foreign policy today?

Human Rights
The first ....

November 26, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Commentary , America First policy , Trump’s foreign policy
Sri Lanka At Cross Roads: Political Crisis Defies Solution
PM Heblikar Commentary

President Maithripala Sirisena’s (MS) palace coup of October 25, 2018, aimed apparently at wresting absolute powers, has obviously failed to achieve its objectives, and in its stead, has created more chaos and confusion. The sacking of a sitting Pr....

November 26, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Commentary , Sri Lanka crisis , India-Sri Lanka relations
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