Policy Watch

The path for Indian torture legislation: Where are we now and where should we go?
The lathi has become a symbol synonymous with the police force in India, where everyday discourse has normalised and accepted the state-sanctioned use of violence. Ved Marwah writes for the...
- Author Kaviesh Kinger
- Date November 18, 2023
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Ideas for India 2023 brings together ministers, central bankers, policy and business leaders from across the world
The second edition of Bridge India’s flagship Ideas for India conference was part of the inaugural India Week, which saw more than 900 attendees attend from six countries. Ideas for...
- Author Bridge India
- Date May 16, 2023
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Asia Pacific Trade Deal Highlights Indian Potential
When Rishi Sunak’s government hailed the new Asia Pacific trade deal as ‘the most important since Brexit’, it was putting an optimistic spin on a pretty marginal agreement. Official figures...
- Author Dinesh Dhamija
- Date April 4, 2023
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Sheikh Hasina’s hopeful India visit
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s three-day official India visit is coming up from 5th September. Last time Hasina was in India was in 2019 three years ago, before the global...
- Author Priyajit Debsarkar
- Date September 3, 2022
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Improving the diversity of Indian institutions
Indian institutions are not diverse and are not representative of the population and this skews the outcomes they deliver to different segments of the Indian population. Despite contrary empirical evidence...
- Author Pratap Tambe
- Date August 21, 2022
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Bridge India’s inaugural Ideas for India conference brings together 500+ stakeholders from across India and the world
LONDON, May 23, 2022: The inaugural edition of the Ideas for India conference ended on Friday after three days of rich discussion on public policy. The three-day event on 18-20...
- Author Bridge India
- Date May 23, 2022
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India paves the way for CSR and a more sustainable future
From the wealthy West to the global South, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has now become a mainstream concept. But did you know that India (in 2014) was the first country...
- Author Sangeeta Waldron
- Date May 8, 2022
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Bilateral Investment Treaties: Why India needs a rethink
A recent report by the Standing Committee on External Affairs shows how there are two missing pieces to the puzzle for India’s model for its BIlateral Investment Treaties. The recent...
- Author Pushkar Anand
- Date February 27, 2022
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Oxfam India: 1% Surcharge on richest 10% to reduce inequality
The gap between the top 10% asset holders and the bottom 10% is 500 times in rural India but is shockingly 50,000 times in urban areas, Oxfam, the British founded...
- Author Tikender Singh Panwar
- Date January 19, 2022
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