44 Indians are coming out of extreme poverty every minute, the highest rate of
#poverty
reduction in the world and at this rate, by 2030, only 3% would remain poor.
#PovertyEradicationDay
On Dec 11, the results of 5 state elections were announced. But if we transposed the results of every state election over the past five years, what would India's national election map look like?
@d_jaishankar
explores.
#Elections2018
#StateElections2018
🔊 We have news!
Brookings India is now the Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP), an independent Indian public policy think tank.
You can visit our website for more details:
Presidents can only pardon crimes and offenses against the United States of America—that doesn’t apply to civil cases or to state cases, explains
@NormEisen
#Trump
🚨 A new impact paper by Distinguished Fellow
@ShivshankaMenon
looks at some of the basic and long-term drivers of India’s
#foreignpolicy
which determine its overarching goals and discusses India's strategy to achieve these goals.
Read now:
Data shows 80% of India's GDP comes from small-scale industries, 90% of the workforce is informal and this is not counted: Renowned economist & author Devaki Jain in conversation with
@ShamikaRavi
at Brookings India.
#HappeningNow
.
@ShivshankaMenon
takes a comprehensive view of the changing perception of borders in our sub-continental history and looks to a future where clarity on borders can lead to a peaceful and more integrated South Asia.
Bhutan was never colonised. Therefore, the formation of its national identity did not take place within the context of freedom struggles or wars of independence.
@ConstantinoX
interviews
@sonamkinga
:
#Bhutan
#SouthAsia
Since 2006, Bangladesh’s annual GDP growth has exceeded Pakistan’s by roughly 2.5 percentage points per year. And this year, its likely to surpass India’s. To what does
#Bangladesh
owe its quiet transformation?
@kaushikcbasu
explains.
I see renewed commitment in this government to push the frontier in terms of delivery of social sector. While I'm optimistic, I'm not naive to say that everything will be hunky dory within the next couple of years:
@PandaJay
during our
#DevelopementSeminar
.
@mp_office
Brookings India Research Director
@ShamikaRavi
featured in
@Openthemag
"Open Minds 2018" list, along with Salman Rushdie, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Nandan Nilekani, Ram Madhav, Ramchandra Guha and others.
GeneXpert is not an option, it's a necessity: Discussant
@ARanganathan72
making a strong case for adoption of the
#TB
diagnostic test at our Development Seminar with Prof. Sarang Deo.
#tuberculosis
#health
In "Fault Lines: Reflections on South Asian Frontiers,"
@ShivshankaMenon
takes a comprehensive view of the changing perception of borders in South Asia's history and looks to a future where clarity on borders lead to a peaceful and more integrated region.
Why has China recently followed a foreign policy course with predictable negative outcomes?
@ShivshankaMenon
suggests 4 crucial factors that have driven its foreign policy behaviour and examine immediate effects of the internal drivers in policymaking.
🚨 New Research
A new working paper by
@ShivshankaMenon
explores South Asia's recent historical experience, marked by the colonial geopolitical approach to frontiers, and post-independence Nehruvian approach to the impermanence of boundaries.
"Frankly, being a great power will follow, not precede, India’s success in building a strong, prosperous, and modern India. And there is not much point being a great power with miserable people."
Read
@ShivshankaMenon
's paper:
All you need to know about the
#NepalIndiaBorder
dispute in 15 minutes!
@ConstantinoX
answers 15 key questions on the India-Nepal border dispute, its historical and political context, and ways to deescalate it:
How significant is equal distribution of wealth to national growth? Wealth has been concentrated in the western & southern parts of the country, hence there must be a focus on other parts to achieve growth all across.
@ShamikaRavi
's lecture at
@HydUniv
In an interview to Karan Thapar of
@thewire_in
,
@ShivshankaMenon
, said India must rethink its attitude to cross-border terrorism which is “not an over-arching threat” and also urgently review its SAARC policy.
📺 Watch:
"All this projection of India being a great rising power, a global power and so on is essentially us. The world is much more realistic."
Read
@ShivshankaMenon
's interview in
@IndianExpress
:
Join us for a public event as we gather to remember Stephen P. Cohen's academic and policy legacy at the Brookings India office on Wednesday, 11th December at 4 PM.
Details:
While India is unlikely to ever be loved in
#Nepal
, it must ensure that it is not hated by reaching out to younger and more diverse constituencies.
@ConstantinoX
on countering
#China
in Nepal and the neighborhood
@IndiaToday
:
The Finance Ministry’s economic survey estimated that a modest sum of $4 per person per month could reduce India’s poverty level from 22 percent at present to seven percent.
Read
@ShamikaRavi
's piece on UBI:
#EndPoverty
#PovertyEradicationDay
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP), has been named as a member of World Bank-IMF High Level Advisory Group on Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery and Growth.
Read the press release:
Since the 1991 economic
#reforms
were a clear break from India’s earlier economic direction ever since Independence, how did they happen?
Read as Rakesh Mohan tells the fascinating Indian reforms story:
📢 It is our great pleasure to announce that Montek Singh Ahluwalia is now a Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP).
@ARanganathan72
.
@WHO
had made it a target to eradicate
#TB
by 2030, our government brought it forward to 2025 but will we meet that target?
@ARanganathan72
at our ongoing Development Seminar.
🚨NEW RESEARCH | An impact paper by
@ConstantinoX
&
@_RiyaSinha
under our
#Sambandh
initiative discusses how difficulties in land acquisition in neighbouring countries hinder Indian infrastructure projects, and offers remedial policy measures.
Read here:
Reliving the landmark 1991 economic reforms and more..
CSEP Distinguished Fellow Montek Singh Ahluwalia discusses his life, learnings and the liberalisation of 1991, in an episode of The Seen and the Unseen with
@amitvarma
.
#Podcast
Tune in here:
In CSEP’s new Working Paper,
@ShivshankaMenon
suggests China’s four crucial domestic factors that have driven its foreign policy behaviour and examines immediate effects of the internal drivers in policymaking.
Read here:
#India
#China
#geopolitics
🚨New Research: "India’s Limited Trade Connectivity with South Asia"
Under our
#Sambandh
initiative, a new policy brief by
@_RiyaSinha
& Niara Sareen maps the trends in India’s trade with its neighbours to ascertain the current status of connectivity.
Are the recent tax reforms a growth gamble?
@ShamikaRavi
: I don't think so. It's a well calibrated move which will pay off. People who're saying this won't impact demand perhaps don't understand what higher retained earnings by corporations mean.
@ndtv
:
In their new book, "India-China Maritime Competition" Rajesh Basrur,
@Mukherjee_Anit
, &
@tvpaul1
analyse whether the term "security dilemma" as used in the Sino-Indian context is a useful concept in explaining the naval & foreign policy strategies of the two nations.
"According to a Brookings India study, most South Asian nations are now largely dependent on China for imports despite geographical proximity to India."
@the_hindu
cites
@_RiyaSinha
&
@niarasareen_
's policy brief:
#Chinaindia
The Indian
#healthcare
sector has the potential to be what the IT sector has been for the growth of India's economy in the last 25 years.
@ShamikaRavi
in conversation with
@SwarajyaMag
:
"The overall conclusion appears to be that no clear and definitive predictions can be made about China as the world is changing fast..."
Read
@TheCitizen_in
's review of
@ShivshankaMenon
's new book "India and Asian Geopolitics."
@PenguinIndia
We conclude a fascinating discussion on the evolving India-China economic relations and how Europe is addressing similar challenges with
@ShivshankaMenon
,
@ananthkrishnan
, Lu Yang,
@oertel_janka
&
@ConstantinoX
. We thank the speakers and all of you for joining us.
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Rakesh Mohan, Distinguished Fellow at Brookings India & former deputy governor of RBI, will be joining us as Executive Director and Chief Mentor.
Dr. Mohan currently teaches at Yale, and will return to India soon. Welcome aboard, Dr. Mohan!
India aims to forge deeper connectivity with its neighbours, including Nepal. Our new
#Sambandh
#ImpactSeries
paper uncovers the issues related to land acquisition that the two neighbours face in these endeavours. Read it here:
@ConstantinoX
@_RiyaSinha
CSEP scholars
@ConstantinoX
and
@_RiyaSinha
were speakers with
@Aditymishrgmai1
at the
@SSIFS_MEA
's panel discussion on regional connectivity. The discussion was a part of the Induction Training Programme for IFS Officer Trainees of 2022 batch.
Tiffin Talk |
@ananthkrishnan
presented a draft of his paper outlining an assessment of Chinese investment in India & its implications for India’s diplomacy, trade strategy, and security, followed by an interesting discussion with
@ConstantinoX
@d_jaishankar
@ShivshankaMenon
.
"The effective military balance has improved in India’s favor since 1962. However, this would have political & diplomatic repercussions that would significantly affect India’s relationship with China."
@ShivshankaMenon
speaks to
@thewire_in
:
#IndiaChina
"What we need to do is insist that China implements what she’s committed to under the agreements, what she says she is committed to do, which is to respect the LAC & maintain the status quo."
@ShivshankaMenon
speaks to
@suhasinih
#chinaindiaborder
"Let’s see how far the public takes the boycott of Chinese goods, how much more they are willing to pay for things to avoid buying Chinese goods. That’s one set of issues."
@ShivshankaMenon
to
@suhasinih
on economic measures against China
@the_hindu
:
Despite progress
#MadhyaPradesh
ranks among the lowest in
#nutrition
in India: Archana Chitnis, Minister for Women & Child Development, Madhya Pradesh, discussed today at Brookings India
30 years after India's
#IPKF
intervention in Sri Lanka,
@ConstantinoX
was in conversation with officials who were involved: India's military commander, high commissioners, and intelligence officers. Packed house in our first
#BackToTheFuture
panel discussion.
#HappeningNow
The area where we clearly have available technology to make a switch to non-polluting energy is really in the
#power
sector: Montek Singh Ahluwalia.
Read NDTV's interview of the CSEP Distinguished Fellow.
#TheGreatClimateChangeChallenge
The Fractured Himalaya tells of the critical initial years when India and China tried to build a political relationship and failed.
@ShivshankaMenon
reviews
@NMenonRao
's new book in
@the_hindu
:
🚨
#NewResearch
| South Asia has a long history of tourism, with India playing a major role.
A new
#Sambandh
Policy Brief, "Travel South Asia", by
@_RiyaSinha
and
@bhumika_sha
looks at what India can do to enhance tourism in the region:
Our foreign policy vertical held an internal tiffin talk where our intern Aditya Srinivasan presented his research on three decades of cross border migration into India from South Asian countries and received inputs and comments from our researchers.
#Migration
🚨CSEP flagship seminar announcement!
Join us on December 9 for a seminar on revisiting India’s role in the
#BangladeshLiberationWar
with Chandrashekhar Dasgupta on his book, India and the Bangladesh Liberation War.
For more details:
@ShivshankaMenon
Denmark's tech ambassador
@DKTechAmb
Casper Klynge spoke at Brookings India on digital diplomacy and the possibility of international alliances in dealing with cyber security, data privacy, innovation, regulations and big tech.
@ConstantinoX
@ShamikaRavi
@d_jaishankar
@DrTongia
Can India and China find common ground for cooperation?
CSEP Distinguished Fellow
@ShivshankaMenon
writes about how India's approach towards China can shape the success of its foreign policy.
CSEP Distinguished Fellow
@ShivshankaMenon
talks about how the West risks losing the global South due to its concentrated focus on the
#RussiaUkraineWar
.
Watch the discussion:
"It is much easier for nations like India and
#China
to turn to hyper-nationalism to deal with economic slowdowns and other issues, but former NSA
@ShivshankaMenon
says both nations will struggle to maintain that stance."
Read
@TOIIndiaNews
:
Defying the logic of proximity, most of India’s neighbours are now largely reliant on China for their imports.
This info-graphic takes a look at India's trade connectivity in the region.
Read our
#Sambandh
policy brief for more:
#SouthAsia