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Three Cheers - Jammu and Kashmir is Truly Integrated with India
August 10, 2019 General NC Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM Commentary

Lightening strike, surgical operations and surprise are the terminologies most used and practiced in military operations. But here in Jammu and Kashmir, Government of India has done one better and in one step resolved the 70 years old legacy of a pr....

Jammu & Kashmir , Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Commentary , Repeal of Articles 370 & 35A , Roots of Kashmir separatism , Pakistan’s antics over Kashmir
सब का साथ, सब का विश्वास ने क्या ‘बांटो और शासन करो’ की सियासी चालों को खत्म कर दिया है?
August 09, 2019 Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee Article

“चुनाव आ रहा है। विश्व शांति की घोषणा की गई है और लोमड़ियों ने मुर्गियों को दीर्घायु करने में ग....

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Hindi , Article , अल्पसंख्यकों का उत्थान , लोकतंत्र के नाम पर समाज को बांटना , बांटो और शासन करो की राजनीति
Modi did what Nehru wanted to, but couldn’t, on Article 370
August 07, 2019 S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

When Home Minister Amit Shah declared on August 6 that Article 370 has been scrapped and Kashmir fully integrated with the rest of India, whether or not he was aware, he said almost exactly what Jawaharlal Nehru told the Lok Sabha 56 years ago, on De....

Jammu & Kashmir , Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Article , Lok Sabha , Article 370 , Amit Shah , Jawaharlal Nehru , RSS , Congress Kashmir abrogation
Repeal of Temporary Articles 370 and the 35A Intrusion
August 06, 2019 Rajesh Singh Article

Those who had been wondering whether the Modi Government would bite the bullet on Article 370 and Article 35A got their answer on August 5. Not only did the government scrap the two provisions, the first of which was of a temporary nature and the se....

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Article , Article 370 & 35A , Integration of J&K , Roots of separatism in Kashmir Valley
अल्पसंख्यक कौन हैं?
July 31, 2019 Rajesh Singh Article

केंद्र की नरेन्द्र मोदी सरकार ने अल्पसंख्यक समुदाय तक अपनी पहुंच और बढ़ा कर देश में एक स्पंदन प�....

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Hindi , Article , अल्पसंख्यक की परिभाषा , अल्पसंख्यक समुदाय तक पहुंच , अल्पसंख्यक शिक्षा स्तर
मोदी का दूसरा कार्यकाल: ‘नेबरहुड फर्स्ट’ पर अमल
July 25, 2019 Dr Sreeradha Datta Article

भारत के आम चुनावों पर अन्य लोगों के साथ ही पड़ोसियों का भी भरपूर ध्यान रहा। कई को चुनावी कवायद के �....

Neighbourhood Studies , Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Hindi , Article , मोदी की वापसी , भारत के पड़ोसि , ‘नेबरहुड फर्स्ट’ नीति
Our Constitution: Preamble Debates
July 23, 2019 Rajesh Singh Article

Last month (June), the nation remembered Emergency, which had been imposed by the Indira Gandhi government in 1975. The horrors that followed have been repeatedly chronicled — large-scale arrests of the then Prime Minister’s political adversaries....

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Article , Indian Constitution , Preamble of Constitution , Constitutional debates
The Spirit of Indian Federalism
July 18, 2019 Rajesh Singh Article

The issue of India’s federal nature has been both a subject of reiteration and conflict between the ruling party and the opposition. There have been instances when the opposition parties accused the Centre of violating the federal spirit through po....

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Article , Indian Constitution , Federalism in India , Indian Union
Budget 2019: Indian diplomacy needed a shot in the arm but budget flatters to deceive
July 10, 2019 Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Union Budget 2019 India: Analysis reveals some notable facts: the MEA budget, from being close to 0.1% of India’s GDP in 2012-13, declined to 0.08% in 2018-19. Union Budget 2019 India: As the stature of India rises internationally, its diplomac....

Governance and Political Studies , VIF Scholars Outreach

Tags : Article , MEA , Parliamentary Standing Committee , Union Budget 2019 , India’s Act East Policy
जल-शक्ति
June 21, 2019 Rajesh Singh Article

जल-शक्ति नाम से सर्वथा नये मंत्रालय गठन प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी के नेतृत्व में दूसरी बार गठ....

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Hindi , Article , भाजपा के चुनावी वादे , स्वच्छ गंगा मिशन , गंभीर पेयजल संकट , प्रदूषित जलापूर्ति
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