By Aman Thakker — Status: Not Started — While the Indian government has attempted to reduce the amount of time it takes to set up businesses and obtain permits from the government, it still lags behind its self-appointed goal of…
By Shino Watanabe — Dr. Shino Watanabe is a professor in the Faculty of Global Studies at Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan. In 2019, Dr. Eto was a Visiting Scholar with the Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International…
By Richard Rossow — Five Indian states will hold elections in November and December this year- Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan, and Telangana. These five states have 204 million residents in total – about the population of Brazil. The results…
By Robert W. Beckman — Eighteen years ago, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a program to foster energy integration in South Asia. The South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy Cooperation and Development — generally referred to…
GST rates are set for more than 1,000 products; Andhra is building an industrial park in Sri Lanka; Odisha nearly doubles tariffs on captive power plants; Uttar Pradesh will build a solar park — in Rajasthan; Maharashtra makes it easier…
In this episode, we explore India’s energy efficiency efforts. Dr. Kartikeya Singh, Deputy Director of the CSIS Wadhwani Chair, discusses some of the ways India’s state governments are saving electricity with Saurabh Kumar, Managing Director of Energy Efficiency Services Limited, or…
This week: states will be allowed to mine their own coal; Mumbai is causing trouble for high-speed rail; Rajasthan is restructuring its power utilities; Rajasthan will present SEB restructuring plan in its state assembly; the CAG questions Rajasthan’s policies to…
By Samir Nair On April 25, a devastating earthquake struck Nepal and claimed the lives of over 8,000 people. In the immediate aftermath, India responded quickly and dispatched 500 relief personnel to Nepal to provide assistance. Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
By Owen Jollie In January, Sri Lankan voters ousted former president Mahinda Rajapakse in favor of a candidate of the united opposition, Maithripala Sirisena. With this change Sri Lanka began moving away from a strong-handed government to a more democratic…
On this week’s show we discuss the attack against U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert with Korea Chair Victor Cha. Dr. Cha explains what the attack tells us about the ROK-U.S. alliance and how to understand the South Korean…