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Need to boost industrial growth to get economy on track |
| To make India an attractive destination for investment for both Indians and foreigners will require quick implementation of all the pending major infrastructure projects and to see that some important Bills are passed in Parliament. |
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| Analysis |
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Greek crisis hits the world
Jayshree Sengupta 28 May 2012 |
| Greece's problems, which started in 2009, are casting a deep shadow on world stock markets. India is also feeling the impact. The BSE Sensex took a deep plunge though it has recovered recently. The rupee has been falling in terms of the dollar during the last few weeks. |
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Financial inclusion a viable business model now
R. Swaminathan
10 May 2012 |
| Out of the 660,000 habitations in India with a population of 100 or more, only 33,000 have a commercial bank branch. That's approximately one branch for every 20 habitations. |
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| Issue Briefs & Monographs |
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Water for Indian Cities: Government Practices and Policy Concerns
Rumi Aijaz 16 September 2010 |
| The demand for basic infrastructure and services in Indian cities has increased phenomenally due to rapidly growing populations. Such unmet demands often adversely affect the quality of urban life, the economic productivity, as well as the process of sustainable development. |
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Reservation Policy and its Implementation across Domains in India
Niranjan Sahoo 10 September 2009 |
| India runs the world’s oldest and one of the most comprehensive affirmative action policies in the form of reservations or quotas for its disadvantaged sections. Ever since its adaptation, this critical public policy perhaps remains the most controversial and polarising public policy that the Independent India has adopted |
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| Events |
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| Energy/Coal/Power |
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| India's Dash for Cheap Gas |
| 14 May 2013 |
| Lydia Powell |
| India's dash for cheap gas from the Atlantic Basin began in 2011 when GAIL, Petronet and other companies rushed to sign long term LNG supply pacts with producers in the USA. First GAIL signed a 20 year contract to buy 3.5 mtpa of LNG from Cheniere Energy beginning in 2017. |
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| Royalty Linked Compensation: End of Doctored Accounts? |
| 14 May 2013 |
| Ashish Gupta |
| The recent suggestion from a panel headed by Mr. Kalyan Banerjee, a Lok Sabha Member from Trinamool Congress that in coal and lignite mining, the compensation for displaced people must be linked with the royalty paid by miners during the fiscal year instead of 26% of the net profits that has been suggested earlier. |
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| International |
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Li's India visit may be a memorable one
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| 17 May 2013 |
| T.V. Rajeswar |
| China's Blue Book sees the US as a pivot to Asia and strengthening of alliances in the region is viewed by the Chinese analyst as being directed to contain China. |
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| National |
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| TV media as the new mom and dad |
| 14 May 2013 |
| Maansi Parpiani |
| It was not a big surprise that the Bill that came into force as the 'The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013' on April 3 retained the age of consent at 18, taking away from the teenagers the right to make their sexual choices; |
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| Security |
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| North Korean imbroglio: Who can do what? |
16 April 2013
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| Dr. Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan |
| While on the surface, both the US (and South Korea and Japan) and China appear to have the goal of seeing a stable Korean Peninsula, there appear to be serious differences about what regional stability means. |
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| ATT implementation remains questionable |
06 April 2013
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| Rahul Prakash |
| The ATT has finally been adopted. But it remains to be seen if the treaty could really be implemented as major players like China, India, Russia have not favoured it. |
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| Pakistan |
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| Sino-Pak alliance: Naval and nuclear cooperation |
18 May 2013
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| C. Raja Mohan |
| The unrealistic expectations in India from Li Keqiang's visit to Delhi and Mumbai next week are likely to be tempered when weighed against the Chinese premier's agenda in Pakistan. |
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| Sharif must strike against ISI fast and hard |
| 14 May 2013 |
| Manoj Joshi |
| The one thing Nawaz Sharief should do on day one is to issue an order placing the ISI under civilian leadership. This will de-fang the Army of the most potent instrument it uses to distort Pakistani democracy. |
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