The BJP makes major gains in local elections in Maharashtra and Odisha; India and the ADB agree on loans to develop the East Coast Economic Corridor; Madhya Pradesh begins net metering while Haryana requires rooftop solar at private schools; Sikkim…
By Shannon Hayden — The year 2017 is a milestone for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). During this 50th anniversary of the 10-nation bloc, ASEAN finds itself representing a region that is prospering and peaceful overall, having successfully…
State governments are setting new records for bond issues; South Korea to help renovate Delhi’s main train station; Rajasthan will cover farmers’ increased power costs; the new chief minister of Tamil Nadu wins a confidence vote; Mumbai’s new airport has…
By Tushar Madan — Since he took office in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India has focused on jump-starting an underperforming Indian manufacturing sector, increasing exports to fuel economic growth, and ultimately creating more jobs. New Delhi has set…
Maharashtra formally reduces the scope of key labor law, exempting units with less than 50 employees; Election dates for three Legislative Councils announced; Rajasthan expands its experiment with privatized power while Madhya Pradesh breaks new tariff records with its recent…
By the Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies — When Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa died in December, she was eulogized by then-U.S. ambassador Richard Verma “for her service to Tamil Nadu and as a supporter of closer ties between…
By Amy Searight, Murray Hiebert, & Geoffrey Hartman — Southeast Asia is an increasingly important region, encompassing some of the most dynamic economies in the world and located at the crossroads between East and South Asia, and the Pacific and…
By Michael J. Green, Matthew P. Goodman, Nicholas Szechenyi, & David Parker — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit the United States later this week for a two-day summit meeting with President Trump aimed at reaffirming the importance of the…
Goa and Punjab go to the polls; Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and Madhya Pradesh are big winners in the annual railway ministry budget; Haryana inaugurates a single-window system for industrial clearances and raises its electricity taxes; Karnataka can now track…
By Richard Rossow — The importance of India’s Union Budget as a reform tool has steadily declined. The most significant budget-related measures this year were format changes: moving the release date up a month, folding in the budget for India’s…