India holds the key to the success of Quad 2.0
With anti-China sentiment at an all-time high, there is a renewed push to reinstating the Quad, the grouping of US, Japan, India and Australia. Its fate depends largely on India.
‘Make in India’ can leverage the trust the world reposes in India
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi set out his ambition for India becoming the world’s factory in four critical sectors. The unstated message: This is the right time to position India as an alternative to China.
Checking the Dragon
Chinese provocation on Indian borders is just another in a line of aggressive tactics taken by the dragon to assert its hegemony.
Should Modi hire “assorted weirdos” to reform India’s civil service?
In a potent challenge to the Whitehall system, Boris Johnson’s controversial political advisor, Dominic Cummings wrote in a now infamous blog at the beginning of the year, that he wanted to hire “data scientists, policy experts, assorted weirdos” to work in 10 Downing Street. He was laying down the gauntlet to radically shake up Britain’s fabled civil service that once ruled two thirds of the globe. Manoj Ladwa, India Inc. Group Founder and CEO, asks whether it’s time for the [...]
Australia wants to come out on top with India
PM Scott Morrison’s declaration of furthering economic ties with India comes against the backdrop of a deepening trade war between China. India-Australia trade ties are set to receive a significant boost with Prime Minister Scott Morrison announcing a proposed video meeting between Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and himself. Reciprocal defence agreements, partnerships in education, exports of Australian agricultural products and people-to-people links are just some of the proposals that are on the table. Related stories: Australian businesses on a mission [...]
India’s historic $266 billion relief package will leave a lasting global impact
$266 billion is a humungous number, but just how significantly large is it in real life? $266 billion is enough money to connect all villages in India with optical fibre broadband 2.8 times. It’s the equivalent of what the Indian government invests in its ambitious infrastructure projects in a year. It’s enough money to complete all Indian Railway infrastructure projects for at least 12 years. And it’s nearly enough money to cover the entire GDP of Pakistan – which stands [...]
‘Be vocal about local,’ Prime Minister Modi tells the nation
In a late evening address to the nation, Indian Prime Minster Modi announced a stimulus-cum-reforms package that is 10 per cent of GDP and which promises to change the paradigm of the Indian economy. The fine print of the package, however, will be unveiled over the next few days. In a dramatic late evening address to the nation, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a $290-billion stimulus-cum-reforms package, or 10 per cent of the country’s GDP. The goal: Revive the [...]
COVID-19 could spur a revival of the SAARC
Prime Minister Modi’s call to India's neighbours to combat the global crisis is a solid diplomatic play where all members stand to gain. Highlights: SAARC representatives huddled together at short notice to discuss and draw up blueprints for a common strategy over a video call presided over by PM Modi. He made a statement of intent of India’s reputation of being an ‘enabler’ by attempting to espouse the fundamentals of effective bilateral relations among members of the SAARC. South Asia has [...]
India, US bolster engagement on COVID-19
Editorial India’s reaction of the actions undertaken by the US and China in response to the COVID-19 pandemic reflect India’s bilateral relations with each. Over the first two decades of the current century, India and the US have developed what many strategic analysts and diplomats have described as “the defining relationship of the 21st century”. In engaging so closely with the US, India has had to finesse its relationship with its northern neighbour and rising hegemon, China. The COVID-19 pandemic [...]
Modi lays out a post pandemic exit strategy
Editorial As India fights the virus with vigour, PM Modi has also urged his ministers to plan for the future and mark out areas of priority and reform. Pro-active and pre-emptive. These are the two operative strategies in play when assessing the performance of global leaders currently battling the COVID-19 pandemic. Among them, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stamped out his credentials as a visionary. Demonstrably agile and adaptive to the current crisis, PM Modi has also set out [...]