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Sameer Patil, associate national security fellow at Gateway House, provides an initial reaction on the defence spending areas addressed in the Union Budget.
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Sameer Patil, associate national security fellow at Gateway House, outlines the key defence spending areas that should be addressed in Budget 2014.
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Manjeet Kripalani, Co-founder, Gateway House was interviewed by Businessworld on the key areas of the economy that Prime Minister Narendra Modi needs to emphasise upon
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Sameer Patil, Associate Fellow, National Security, Gateway House, was interviewed by SFGate about how embracing greener options could leave power distribution systems vulnerable to hacking
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When the Modi government presents its first Budget, it will hopefully pay closer attention to India’s defence requirements. Over the years, the defence budget has expanded, but funds allocated for military modernisation have not increased. This should be the government’s priority
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The U.S. has not yet appointed a new ambassador to India. But this absence of urgency is less a ‘signal’ to India and more a result of factors such as a backlog of appointments awaiting approval in the Senate and candidates unwilling to accept the post only for the remaining period of the Obama administration
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The World Bank report highlighting the need for far-reaching reforms in the power sector underlines the necessity for the centre and state governments to arrive at a political consensus. The model of cooperative federalism advocated by Prime Minister Modi has the potential to transform the electricity scenario
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s first budget on July 10 is expected to provide an insight into India’s global economic diplomacy. It should indicate the direction of policies on Foreign Direct Investment and on energy security
Gateway House speaks to Silah Fatah, an Iraqi Kurd living in Soran, a city in northern Iraq, close to Mosul and Kirkuk.
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Brazil is all set to host the 6th BRICS Summit from July 15. In light of the fact that most developing nations have concerns over the pro-western bent of the World Bank and the IMF, the BRICS initiative of setting up of a Development Bank needs to gain momentum and the nations should finalise the mandate on a priority basis