ICS In The Media

Partha Mukhopadhyay

Budget 2022: Three focus areas that can propel India to a job-intensive, high growth trajectory

‘A considerable section of the commentary around the Budget is about the continuing importance of public spending, as private consumption remains tentative‘

Firstpost
31 Jan 2022

Happymon Jacob

India’s evolving Afghan policy

‘Six months since the Taliban took over the reins of power in Afghanistan, India’s Afghan policy has come a long way, firmly rooted in local realities, compulsions of geopolitics and realistic.‘

PrepLadder
31 Jan 2022

Shyam Saran

Indian govt can’t introduce quality reforms because its ignoring these three issues

‘The key challenge to governance in a modern State is the handling of complexity, which also changes form and colour with rapidity. ‘

The Print
26 Jan 2022

Shyam Saran

Make Governance lean and mean

‘THE key challenge to governance in a modern State is the handling of complexity, which also changes form and colour with rapidity. Complexity arises‘

The Tribune
26 Jan 2022

Santosh Pai

Is India’s booming trade with China a source of worry?

‘India and China first set themselves the target of $100 billion for bilateral trade in 2010 when trade volume stood at $60 billion‘

The Times of India
26 Jan 2022

Hemant Adlakha

Can Xi Jinping ride the tiger year with success?

‘It is well known that the tiger occupies a unique position in traditional Chinese mythology. Of the twelve Chinese zodiac animals, tigers are known to have potent personalities.‘

Think China
20 Jan 2022

Sandip Mishra

Why it’s high time for a woman to lead ILO

‘The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is due to get a new director general in October this year and it would be good if a woman, and that too from the Asian region‘

The Times of India
19 Jan 2022

Rangoli Mitra

The China-India Cold War in Maldives

‘The significance of Maldives, one of the most geographically dispersed countries in the world, is steadily increasing. The island nation, which comprises 26 atolls‘

The Diplomat
19 Jan 2022

Shyam Saran

Geopolitics drives Xi’s economic agenda

‘The Chinese Communist Party (CPC) has a very poor opinion of capitalists, both the home-grown variety and the foreign kind.‘

Business Standard
17 Jan 2022

Shyam Saran

If Siachen is back on Indo-Pak agenda, it is good news

‘In his press conference on January 12, on the eve of Army Day, the Indian Army Chief, General Naravane, reportedly made an intriguing‘

Indian Express
15 Jan 2022