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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 (Retd.) 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

Is Supreme Court an ISIS accomplice, Mr Khurshid?

S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

Hindutva depicts the way of life of Indian people, their state of mind and ethos. Hindu, Hindutva and Hinduism cannot be confined to the narrow limits of religion alone excluding the content of Indian culture and heritage. Or confined to merely descr....

November 16, 2021 Governance and Political Studies , Article

Corporate Social Responsibility and Public Private Partnership to fight Poverty

Dr Swati Mitra Commentary

If one takes the Global Hunger Index where India stands at 101 now, it maybe debatable but even if we notch it up to a liberal 90, it is still not only a matter of concern but it may indicate some flaws in policy and implementation. As Government of ....

November 02, 2021 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Sustainable Development Goals , corporate social responsibility