U.S. nuclear reactors to prove white elephant for India
Amit Bhandari, Fellow, Energy and Environment Studies, Gateway House, was quoted by Sputnik News in an article on India-U.S. nuclear relations.
Amit Bhandari, Fellow, Energy and Environment Studies, Gateway House, was quoted by Sputnik News in an article on India-U.S. nuclear relations.
Business Standard featured an article on The Gateway of India Dialogue, co-hosted by Gateway House and the Ministry of External Affairs in Mumbai on 13-14 June, 2016.
Arvind Panagariya, G20 Sherpa, Government of India, delivered the keynote address at the 2016 T20 Mumbai meeting hosted by Gateway House on 13 June. In his speech, he comments on the significance of China’s G20 Presidency for 2016, discusses India’s role in the G20, and recalls some of the most challenging negotiations he was part of as G20 Sherpa.
This compendium offers perspectives on topics that preoccupy policymakers and which will be discussed at The Gateway of India Dialogue. These include the economic fragmentation effect of mega-trade deals, the international financial architecture’s resistance to correcting its pro-rich countries bias despite the changing nature of global capital flows, India’s need to derisk its import-heavy energy policy and dependence on supplies from a volatile West Asia, Mumbai’s position as a regional financial centre, and the subterranean role of hawala in terrorism financing, and the challenges this poses for national security.
This week, Australia returned 29 antiquities stolen from India. It highlights India’s quest to reclaim its heritage and the patronage provided by Indian ministries and the public sector to art. The MEA is a rare custodian of India's cultural heritage. Its Objects d'art committee selects the best Indian art and craft for its embassies, with choices dictated by the many ideas of India and by emotional responses.
India has applied to be a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, but its ambition is being thwarted by China. However, developments in renewable energy mean China’s veto will have little impact on India’s clean energy push.
Prime Minister Modi's five-nation tour will culminate when the members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group will vote on India's membership bid on the 9th of June. Ambassador Neelam Deo, Director of Gateway House, and Amit Bhandari, Energy and Environment Fellow at Gateway House discuss the bid and how it might impact India's energy plans.
This year’s union budget indicates a seismic shift in Indian Government thinking on agriculture, viewing it as not just as a ‘survival’ industry, but as one that generates income and growth. But to take Indian agriculture out of the time warp it is in currently, the government must entice increased engagement from the private sector.
Neelam Deo, Director, Gateway House was quoted in an article on Prime Minister Modi's visit to the U.S. in Bloomberg.
Business Standard featured an article on The Gateway of India Dialogue co-hosted by Gateway House, and the Ministry of External Affairs, India on 13-14 June, 2016.