Carnegie India
In the last few years, New Delhi has stepped up its efforts to develop the Andaman and Nicobar islands, strengthen their connectivity with the mainland, and leverage their strategic location for India’s security.
Recognition of the right to privacy opens up a whole new world of legal possibilities, whether they be judicial directives to the state to enforce citizen privacy against technology giants, or even direct challenges against privacy policies of such companies.
Creating 12 million jobs a year is a challenge for any government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems well aware of it.
Modern technologies like mobile phones and the internet have optimized the collection of enormous data sets. Commonly known as big data, large datasets can be extremely valuable to the government, especially in formulating informed policies and enable good governance.
Keeping India’s policy on an even keel will take constant work and will require periodic “wins” for Trump to feel that his—and American—interests benefit from this relationship.
In India, mass adoption of electric vehicles could potentially render a number of benefits, including reduced air pollution, increased employment, and greater industrialization.
In India, it is useful to view the relative success of criminal politicians as a byproduct of democratic practice, rather than its authoritarian antithesis.
In India, looking at reservations as an employment scheme is self-defeating because government jobs represent only a small percent of workers.
Over time, the Supreme Court of India has evolved from being a court of law to a major institutional actor in the political arena.
Strong cultural preferences for a male child in an era of designer babies could lead to a further deterioration of the sex ratio.
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