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Policy Initiatives for The New Government - Building a ‘New India’

On May 30, 2019, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government led by Prime Minister Modi was sworn in after the NDA registered an unprecedented 350 seats in the Lok Sabha. The new government will undoubtedly continue to implement the various goo....

June 25, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , New India , New Government , Policy Initiatives

जल-शक्ति

Rajesh Singh Article

जल-शक्ति नाम से सर्वथा नये मंत्रालय गठन प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी के नेतृत्व में दूसरी बार गठ....

June 21, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Article , भाजपा के चुनावी वादे , स्वच्छ गंगा मिशन , गंभीर पेयजल संकट , प्रदूषित जलापूर्ति

Minorities

Rajesh Singh Article

The Modi government has created a flutter by its recent outreach to the minority community. It has announced scholarships to five crore students over the next five years, with a substantial number of them being girls; extended help to madrassas to eq....

June 18, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Defining term ‘minority’ , Preservation of minority rights , Government’s minority outreach

Release of Book ‘Caste as a Social Capital’ by Prof. R Vaidyanathan

A seminal book, namely, ‘Caste as a Social Capital’, revisiting Caste as playing an important role in promoting economic growth, written by Professor R Vaidyanathan was released on 9th April 2019 at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF),....

June 14, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Book Discussions , Caste as Social Capital , Caste , Backward Classes , Scheduled Castes , Sampradaya’

Has ‘Sab ka Saath ..’ Ended the Political Trick of ‘Divide and Rule’?

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee, Editor, VIF Article

“An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry”, - T S Eliot

Politics in ‘New India’

Interactions with the masses indicate a rediscovery o....

June 14, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Uplift of minorities , Dividing society in name of democracy , Citizen vs voter

Jal Shakti

Rajesh Singh Commentary

One of the highlights of Government formation for a second time under the prime ministership of Narendra Modi was the creation of a new Jal Shakti Ministry. This was pursuant to the promise the Bharatiya Janata Party had made in its poll manifesto, n....

June 05, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Water crisis , Jal Shakti Ministry , Water conservation

नए भारत के निर्माण में सहयोग के लिए चारों शीर्ष मंत्रियों को करना होगा मिलजुलकर काम

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

मोदी सरकार के नए मंत्रिमंडल की एक अनूठी विशेषता यह है कि चार शीर्ष मंत्रालय - गृह, वित्त, रक्षा और....

June 04, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Article , नए भारत के निर्माण , मोदी सरकार , मंत्रिमंडल

A Survey of Global Media’s Perspective on Indian Elections

Article

Afghanistan

The media in Afghanistan has covered Indian elections from the beginning. The Kabul based TOLO News wrote a story on 11 April 2019 tilted “India’s giant elections get underway”. The story talks about how Prime Minister ....

June 04, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Article , India , Indian Elections , Global Media’s Perspective , Election 2019 , Media

The Top Four Ministers Need to Work in Harmony to Help Build New India

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

One striking feature of Modi Sarkar’s new cabinet is that the top four jobs of Home, Finance, Defence and External Affairs, are now occupied by new incumbents. They will bring their own visions and styles of functioning to their portfolios. Enjoyin....

June 03, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Government’s challengs , Agenda for four ministries , Building a new India

Modi’s Second Term: Implementing the ‘Neighbourhood First’

Dr Sreeradha Datta Article

Along with others, the neighbourhood attention was riveted on the Indian general elections. For many, not only the scale of the exercise was fascinating but more importantly, what it portends for the future of their bilateral with India. And as the c....

May 31, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Article , Regional Security , New Government’s tasks , Neighbourhood engagements