Gujarat may follow Kerala’s lead in establishing a ‘fat tax,’ Haryana to allow male government employees to take paternity leave, Mamata Banerjee to visit Germany and Italy in November, Ford Motor Company to set up its first overseas research and…
By Prateek Joshi — Eastern Ladakh is in the news again with Indian armed forces increasing their presence along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), which runs from Karakoram Pass in the north to Demchok in southeastern Ladakh in this…
Who is he? U Aung Lynn most recently served as the permanent secretary of Myanmar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and, since 2011, as director-general of the ministry’s ASEAN Affairs Department. Aung Lynn began his career in government in 1982, joining…
By Sarah Watson — India’s government is faced with the task of not just creating new jobs but of upgrading existing jobs: converting them from low-productivity single-man businesses to high-productivity establishments that create exportable goods. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Start…
By Chau Hoang — To catapult Vietnam up the ranks of the world’s leading economies, Hanoi has resolved to turn the country into a “start-up nation” by 2020. The government plans to implement regulatory and financial measures to coax one…
Prime Minister Modi meets with chief ministers; Delhi bans old diesel vehicles; Congress government restored in Arunachal Pradesh; Haryana launches tax refund program for land acquisition related to manufacturing; two chief ministers visit Russia; Rajasthan sets a minimum wage…
In this episode, we assess China’s latest Five-Year Plan. For China no document has reflected the legacy of its Soviet-style economic planning and Marxist-Leninist system than the release every five years of a new, comprehensive blueprint for social, economic, and…
Eight states to build renewable energy transmission network from Tamil Nadu to Rajasthan with support from German bank KfW, World Bank to provide $290 million credit to improve livelihood opportunities in Bihar, new major port development in Tamil Nadu, West…
U.S. undersecretary of state Thomas Shannon met with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, NCAER offers new study on investment potential of states, Maharashtra’s plan to increase labor flexibility hits union buzzsaw, Andhra-Tamil Nadu dam dispute escalates, Telangana government delegation…
By Sarah Watson — The policy India uses to govern defense offsets — domestic investments in India required of foreign defense vendors — is in limbo. Despite reports over a year ago that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) was on…
