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समकालिक चुनाव: सहमति, असहमति और समाधान
August 30 , 2018 Shiwanand Dwivedi
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समकालिक चुनाव अर्थात एक साथ सभी चुनाव कराने का मुद्दा इसबीच चर्चा में है। इसको लेकर पक्ष और विपक्ष में अनेक तर्क रखे जाते रहे हैं। इसके बावजूद यह दौर समकालिक चुनावों पर बहस के लिहाज से सर्वाधिक अनुकूल दौर माना जा सकता है। ऐसा मानने के पीछे कारण, केंद्र के सत्ताधारी दल का समकालिक चुनावों पक्ष में होना है।

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : बुनियादी चुनावी चुनौती , समकालिक चुनाव

Pakistan Economy: Challenges Ahead for the New Government
August 30 , 2018 Prateek Joshi
Commentary Views: 5316
Now that Imran Khan has assumed the office of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, the most pressing challenge for him would be the management of Pakistan’s economy. These revolve around mounting debt (both domestic and external), growing Chinese loans

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Pakistan’s economy , Pakistan’s fiscal debts

Pakistan’s New Government: Are there reasons for Hope?
August 29 , 2018 Sanjiv Khanna
Article Views: 3416
The 2018 General Elections in Pakistan are over and the Imran Khan led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Party (PTI) emerged as the single largest Party in the National Assembly, and formed the Government. Most of the parties alleged rigging and refused to accept the election results.

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Imran and Islamists , Legitimacy of civilian leadership , Pakistan Government

Building Dams with Donations
August 28 , 2018 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 3849
So dire is Pakistan’s financial health that it has been reduced to mobilise money from individual donors to build infrastructure projects which will cost hundreds of thousands of crores of rupees. In his first speech after becoming the Prime Minister, Imran Khan said that Diamer-Bhasha Dam was crucial for Pakistan

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Pakistan’s dam building , Pakistan’s financial crisis

Current International Order in Flux: Opportunities and Threats
August 28 , 2018 Pinaki Bhattacharya
Article Views: 3998
Early this year, a Rand Corporation researcher wrote: “…. we find specific causal evidence that the elements of the order (International Order) were either a necessary condition or a strongly contributing variable to realising values ranging from tens of billions of dollars

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , India , International order

National Register of Citizens (NRC) - The Next Steps
August 24 , 2018 Abhijit Chakravertty
Article Views: 5038
The process of filing appeals against the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) for the State of Assam, published on July 30, is underway. Individuals can file for review till October 28 and hearings will begin from December 15 this year.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Ilegal Immigration

Tags : Assam Accord , Illegal immigration , National Register of Citizens

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