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Need to Reform Funding of Political Parties
Rajesh Singh

One of the good fallouts of the Union Government’s demonetisation drive has been a renewed demand for reforms in the funding of political parties. After all, since demonetisation is supposed to tackle black money and the role of black money ....

January 10, 2017 Governance and Political Studies , Vibrant India , Black Money , Political parties , reform funding
Indo-Pak Ties Likely to Remain Fraught in 2017
Sushant Sareen

2017 marks the 70th year of Independence and the ‘Great Divide’ between India and Pakistan. The 69th year – 2016 – saw a steep deterioration in the already not so normal state of relations between the two countries and it is high....

January 09, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Indo-Pak Ties , Central Asian , Sino-Russian-Pakistan
Indus Waters Treaty Revisited
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

Recognising the need to impose costs on Pakistan for its relentless export of terrorism to India the Modi government is having a relook at the Indus Waters Treaty. This move, the first of its kind by any Indian government, is also eminently desira....

January 08, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Modi Government , Indus Waters Treaty , Indo-Pakistan
पुलिस सुधारों के लिए पुलिस की मनोवृत्ति सुधारना आवश्यक है
कर्नल शिवदान सिंह

देश में जहां कहीं भी जघन्य या गम्भीर अपराध होते हैं तो संबंधित राज्य पुलिस तथा मीडिया रटी-रटाय�....

January 06, 2017 Governance and Political Studies
President Rahmon’s Visit: India-Tajikistan Relations Reach New Heights
Dr Rashmini Koparkar

State Visit

India and Tajikistan have nurtured warm and strong relations through the ages. Tajikistan is in India’s extended neighborhood, and is a geo-politically significant country. Indo-Tajik friendship is underl....

January 06, 2017 India-Tajikistan Relations , President Rahmon , Indo-Tajik
Developments in Myanmar
PM Heblikar

A week-long business exploratory trip to Myanmar was a rewarding experience and confirmed the availability of exponential opportunities to participate in developmental activities. The first thing to strike was the perceptible change in the charact....

January 05, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Myanmar , Yangon
Is Swapping Hambantota Port Debt to Equity a Panacea for Sri Lanka’s Debt Crisis?
Anushree Ghisad

The Sri Lakan cabinet has approved a proposal under which Sri Lanka will lease 80 percent of the Hambantota Port to Hong Kong-based China Merchants Port Holdings Company (CMPort) for 99 years for $1.12 billion.1 This Framework Agreement was signed on....

January 04, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka
आसियान में बढ़ती अनिश्चिततताः चीन के खेमे में जाना या चीन के खतरे से बचाव?
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

इस वर्ष जुलाई में दक्षिण चीन सागर पर हेग अंतरराष्ट्रीय न्यायाधिकरण का फैसला आने के बाद हुए घट�....

January 04, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific
Post-Demonetisation – The Way Forward
Rajesh Singh

On November 8, 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi shook the economy by the scruff of its neck with his decision to demonetise more than 85 per cent of the Indian currency (by value) then in circulation. The announcement, televised live to the nati....

January 03, 2017 Governance and Political Studies , Economic Studies , Policies & Perspectives
NIA is Fast Emerging as a Professional Investigating Agency
Dr Ramanand Garge

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) that was established in 2009, post-26/11 Mumbai terror attack, with the specific charter to investigate terror related incidents, achieved a major success on 13th December, 2016 when the NIA Special Court at Hy....

January 03, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , Afzal Guru , NIA , Professional Investigating Agency , Indian Mujahedeen , IM , Parliament Attack
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