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What did the G20 meeting in Scotland achieve?
Jayshree Sengupta10 November 2009 |
| There was no conclusive agreement on the extent of support for climate change though Britain called on G20 to meet the cost of climate change and work out a deal worth $100 billion |
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BUDGET ANALYSIS: 2009-2010
Sridhar Kundu28 July 2009 |
| The Observer Research Foundation held a discussion on Budget 2009-10, on 7th July 2009 at the ORF Campus New Delhi. Mr. N K Singh, former member, Planning Commission and present Rajya Sabha Member chaired the meeting. |
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The tale of the sad negotiator
Sunjoy Joshi 27 July 2009 |
| How is it that in the increasingly heated debate on global warming those occupying the most carbon space have by a curious twist succeeded in not only drawing developing countries like India into the "major emitters forum" but succeeded in painting them as the new brash kids on the block needing to be taken through the rites of initiation of this select club? |
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G-20 was promising, but short on substance
Samir Saran 03 April 2009 |
| While India eagerly supported the American line, the Chinese clearly lacked original voice, enmeshed as they are in the ’Made in America’ mire |
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| Issue Briefs & Monographs |
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India and the Economic Meltdown: Challenges and Possible Responses
Samir Saran and Siba Prasad Tripathy15 April 2009 |
| The financial crisis across the globe and the ensuing responses by nations and non-state actors has dominated both public consciousness and political debate in the recent past. The discussion on suitable stimulus packages, the causes for the financial disorder and future restructuring of the financial systems has often been dominated by the rhetoric of specific constituencies serving individual interests even as it loses sight of the substantive argument. |
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ICT Adoption and Productivity Gains in Indian Manufacturing
Rakesh Basant 19 October 2007 |
| Adoption of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) can affect the performance of firms in a variety of ways, including faster processing of information and products, the facilitation of changes in business practices and improved internal organisation and management. |
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| Occasional Papers |
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Trade and FDI related reforms in the states, 1991-2007: The Case of Maharashtra
Gitanjali Sen 01 August 2009 |
| The liberalisation policy of India that was initiated in 1991 was designed to dismantle the protectionist regime through removal of industrial licenses, thereby reducing the strict bureaucratic control under which the country’s foreign trade had been suffering for decades. |
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The National Water Scene
Ramaswamy R. Iyer 20 February 2007 |
| With the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal announcing its ?nal award, water, in general, and inter-State river water issues, in particular, are once again in the national focus. There are varying concerns about the socio-political fallout of the Tribunal award in the riparian States, with Karnataka and Kerala expressing unhappiness to differing degrees, and Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, respectively, expressing ’relief’ and ’satisfaction’. |
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Trust Deficit and Currency of Hope
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| 16 July 2010 |
| Kanwal Sibal |
| It is not clear what External Affairs Minister's visit to Pakistan in mid-July can realistically achieve in bridging the trust deficit between India and Pakistan. |
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| Symbolic, and No More... |
| 19 July 2010 |
| N Sathiya Moorthy |
| Having the Union Cabinet now accepted a new globally identifiable symbol for the Indian Rupee, designed by Udayakumar, New Delhi |
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| Pakistan |
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| Sex Appeal Declines in Indo-Pak Talks |
| 17 July 2010 |
| Saeed Naqvi |
| The day after External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna left for Islamabad, front-page headlines in mainstream English language dailies had set their preferred theme: |
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| Thrust on making borders irrelevant |
| 05 July 2010 |
| Akhilesh B Variar |
| Terrorism, water and Afghanistan form facets of the wide range of issues which allow possible collaboration between India and Pakistan. |
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