Current Status: India-US Defence Technology and Trade Initiative

India-US Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) is one of the central pillar of cooperation between the two countries. However, since it was created in 2012, has done little progress. Background India and US have been formally cooperating in defence ..

Electoral Bonds: Meaning, Functions, Issues and Analysis

Scheme of Electoral bonds was first released in Budget-2017 to reform political funding. On January 2, 2018, the central government has outlined the contours of this scheme. Electoral Bonds: Salient Features Electoral Bonds are like promissory notes (not themselves are ..

Delhi Government’s Decision to app based shared taxis

Just about the time when the convenience in travelling in Delhi was starting to become a bit better, the Delhi Government, on 6Th Feb 2017, announced that it is all set to ban all shared rides provided by the app-based ..

Issue: Pendency of Cases in Courts

The huge pendency of cases before the Courts of India has raised a serious question on the capacity of the Indian judiciary to impart justice to the aggrieved persons. This is specially the case in district courts and high courts ..

Proposed Integrated Public Sector Oil Major

In the recent budget, the Finance Minister had proposed creation of an  ‘integrated public sector oil major’ in order to come at par with the level of performance of the international and domestic private sector oil and gas companies. This ..

UDAY Scheme: Review of Performance So Far

UDAY scheme was launched to relieve the distribution companies from debt problems and make their operation sustainable. In this article, we review the scheme from its basics and examine if it has been successful and achieved its mandate. Background Ujwal ..