Articles

Maharaja Ranjit Singh: The Rise of the Sikh Empire and The Military History of The Punjab

Ranjit Singh was the most adventurous, audacious, and sagacious ruler of the Indian subcontinent since Chandragupta Maurya. Like the Kohinoor he wore, he was a gem among rulers. He rose like a bright and brief firmament when India became a part of th....

September 13, 2022 Governance and Political Studies , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Punjab , Book Published , Indian Subcontinent , Afghan , Ranjit Singh , Chandragupta Maurya , Sikh Empire

Freebie Debate: and Kautilya’s Arthashastra

Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak Article

The Genesis

On 14 April 22 the BBC reported Sri Lankan Prime Minister telling the Army “Do whatever is necessary to restore order”. The Sri Lankan President Gaotabaya Rajapaksha had fled the country. Inflation reached 50% and most ess....

August 30, 2022 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Arthashastra , Freebie Culture , Debt to GDP Ratio , Political Economy

The Changing International Order and BRICS Relevance

Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

(This is an updated version of presentation made during a virtual BRICS Seminar held at Beijing on 07 June 2022, organised by Institute of Latin American Studies; China Academy of Social Sciences) The two events in the recent times that ha....

June 13, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Governance and Political Studies , Article , BRICS , Ukraine , Covid , world governance , multipolarity

Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh: A Visionary Ignored by History

Dr Anil Rawat

....he established the ‘Provisional Government of India’ (Hakumat-e-Mokhtari-i-Hind) in Bagh-e-Babur in Kabul on December 1, 1915 … Pratap became the President for Life or until the Government was handed over to Congress … Maulana Barkatullah....

April 29, 2022 Governance and Political Studies , freedom struggle , Great freedom fighter , India’s fighter prince , ‘Provisional Government of India’ in 1915 , proclamation of India’s independence , international crusader for India’s freedom , A people’s king , Raja Mahendra Pratap’s democratic and secular legacy

Is Environment Social & Governance the Way to Achieve UN SDG’s?

Dr Swati Mitra Commentary

Working in the broader spectrum of Sustainability past 17 years, it is heartening to see the deep interest every stakeholder has taken towards achieving the UN SDGs in every aspect of life. The Government of India, State Governments, Corporates, Civi....

March 03, 2022 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , governance , Sustainability , strategic fitness , UN SDGs

पर्यावरण और सामाजिक शासन के साथ मजबूती से बढ़ना

Dr Swati Mitra Article

केंद्रीय बजट पेश होने के बाद सातत्यता, स्वच्छ ऊर्जा तथा इससे संबंधित भारतीय कॉरपोरेट की बढ़ती �....

February 25, 2022 Governance and Political Studies , Climate Change , Article , गर्वनेंस , कॉप26 , सातत्यता , पर्यावरण

Walk the Elephant- Environment & Social Governance

Dr Swati Mitra Commentary

Post the Union Budget presentation India Inc.’s growing involvement & concern on sustainability, clean energy and much more all of it falls in the broader ambit of ‘Sustainable Development’ which was reflected in most of CEOs’ statements. It ....

February 07, 2022 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , governance , COP26 , Sustainability , Environment

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Economic Planning in India

Dr Arpita Mitra Article

In the past few decades, public discussion on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose has been so mired in the controversy around his death that we forgot to pay attention to his life. Netaji’s contribution to the Indian national movement is in any case under r....

January 22, 2022 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Socialism , Planning Commission , Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose , Economic Planning , Five-Year Plan , Haripura Address

India 1952-1976 and 2014-2021: Two Periods of Political Stability- A Comparative Analysis

Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak Article

People’s Mandates since Independence

The first general elections of 1951 in independent India installed a single party-(Indian National Congress INC for short), majority government at the center as also in all the states. The trend cont....

January 05, 2022 Governance and Political Studies , Article , India , Political stability , macroeconomics , post-independence

India 1989-2014 and after — a paradigm shift

S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

Why China, why not India?” is a question debated in India without a credible answer. Asking an identical question, “Why China flew, India just grew?” Forbes magazine (2019) answered that it was because of the barrier-free autocracy in China and....

November 30, 2021 Governance and Political Studies , Article , modi , G20 , COVID-19 , COP26 , COVID Challenge , paradigm shift , India vaccine , G7-plus