On March 11, Indian legislative assembly election results from five states — Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh — will be announced to the public. Nearly 240 million Indians reside in this group of states alone. Policies the newly…
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 Sharmila Bellur — While caste and communal politics will likely play a major role in determining the political fortunes of Uttar Pradesh (UP), a broad set of issues will drive the electorate in the state’s ongoing legislative assembly elections.…
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 Nicole Smolinske — Inciting divisions between opponents to undermine their credibility and political clout is not an unfamiliar tactic to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. The culmination of months of divisive tactics has most recently borne fruit as Cambodia…
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…
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…
DIPP reduces action points for its ranking of states’ business environments; Tata Power has implemented a micro-grid in Bihar; key Gujarat power distribution utility misses renewable target; Ola & Uber declared illegal in Karnataka; Shiv Sena & BJP separately contesting…
GST to be rolled out by July 1; Chandrababu Naidu attends the World Economic Forum in Davos; Samajwadi and Congress party form alliance to contest Uttar Pradesh elections; the second unit of Kudankulam nuclear power project attains 100 percent generation…