By Kartikeya Singh — Two hundred million people, or roughly 16 percent of India’s entire population, is in the process of electing their next representatives to five different state assemblies. In this final round of state assembly elections before the…
By Richard M. Rossow — Results of five Indian state elections were released on December 11, 2018. Congress unseated the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) governments in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh. Regional parties won the elections in Telangana and…
Tamil Nadu attracts $1.4 billion in investment proposals through its single window clearance since November 2017; Goa amends its 2017 State Energy Policy to include a 50 percent subsidy for small producers and consumers of solar power; Nagaland will set…
Jammu and Kashmir to install 23 gigawatts of grid-connected solar projects; New Delhi releases draft Delhi Electric Vehicle Policy 2018; Nagaland bans all single-use plastic items; Haryana announces $215 subsidy for solar home systems; Tamil Nadu releases Direct Selling Guidelines…
By Stephanie Segal & Matthew P. Goodman — On December 1, President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping met at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Argentina following months of rising tensions and tit-for-tat tariff retaliation between the United States and…
By Scott Kennedy — The drama that is U.S.-China relations added a new episode in Buenos Aires this weekend. The outcome was in many ways anti-climactic, as the two sides reached the most limited of agreements: to postpone new tariffs…
By Matthew P. Goodman — There is an old joke among economists: “Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.” Those of us who follow international economics began this month expecting talk to be at a steep discount. November is summit…
By Richard Rossow — Reviewing the growing list of trade concerns between the U.S. and India, it feels like the relationship is spinning out of control. However, real trade — far more important in the greater scheme of things —…
Andhra Pradesh freezes electric power tariff hikes ahead of 2019 election and expands power subsidies; Maharashtra approved legislation to give job and education quotas to the Marathi community; Uttar Pradesh announces a plan to merge all the government controlled cooperative…
Great Eastern Energy Corporation announces it has found prospective shale resources with a valuation of over $2.78 billion at its Raniganj (South) block in West Bengal; Odisha releases its ‘Biotech Policy 2018’ at the Make in Odisha Conclave; six north-eastern…
The Odisha government approved investment proposals worth $3.5 billion to set up six mega manufacturing facilities in the state; Himachal Pradesh amends Land Lease Rules, 2013, to simplify the process to allocate land on lease; Bihar approves the redevelopment of…
By Afeena Ashfaque — Status: In Progress – The Modi government has not yet been able to significantly reduce agricultural subsidies for the Minimum Support Price. Difficulty: High – The ability to realize this reform has been complicated by efforts to fulfill the government’s…
India leaps into 77th place from 100th in latest World Bank Ease of Doing Business Report; Andhra Pradesh is ranked number one in the country with an average growth of 10.5 percent; by recording 13.6 percent annual growth rate in…
