Recently, the final session of India’s seventh Trade Policy Review (TPR) concluded at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland. The TPR is an important mechanism under the WTO’s monitoring function in which member countries’ trade and related policies are examined with an aim to contribute towards improved adherence to WTO rules. India’s last Read more…
Separation of powers refers to the division and separation created between government institutions by an allocation of authority to each institution within their respective domains. The traditional understanding of Separation of powers originates from Montesquieu’s work Spirit of Laws (1748) where he developed a model advocating for distribution of powers Read more…
Smart Cities in India must go beyond namesake, and empower the third tier of India’s federalism. Local governance all across India has rarely got the kind of attention that it is being accorded currently. From the Bhilwara Model to Pathanamthitta model, mitigation measures against covid-19 have shown that despite a centralized approach to Read more…
A lot has been said about the UP police in the last couple of days. What has not been talked about is the fact that it isn’t the lack of intervention to address the pressing problem of police inefficiency in the state that plays out each time, but sometimes it Read more…
The Inter-State council in India must find a renewed standing during the post-covid era, and avoid getting lost in the evolution of federal governance
As the Lok Sabha polls in 2019 showed an overall improvement in the political representation of women, it became obvious that we have come a long way but there is still a long stretch to cover. In all of our misplaced understanding of just “helping” women to ensure we empower Read more…
Governments in India spend massive amounts on subsidies and other welfare measures every year. With scientific, well-designed ‘nudges’, the entire system could become a lot more efficient and impactful. Traces of it can already be seen.