Vikram S Mehta
The writer is the chairman of Brookings India and senior fellow, Brookings Institution.
Mon, Jun 07, 2021
No single entity, whether government, corporate or civic society, has the tools to manage the fallout
Mon, May 03, 2021
Rather than focus only on the endgame of decarbonisation, India must first ‘green’ its fossil fuel energy basket by increasing the share of natural gas
Sun, May 02, 2021
Rather than focus only on the endgame of decarbonisation, India must first ‘green’ its fossil fuel energy basket by increasing the share of natural gas
Mon, Apr 05, 2021
The former petroleum secretary, who passed away two weeks ago, placed oil and gas exploration in India on a sure footing.
Mon, Mar 01, 2021
Decarbonisation has become a buzzword. To ensure it does not remain just that but translates into effective action on the ground, policy makers will have to build structures that reflect the woven, multidimensional, interdependent and interconnected nature of the energy ecosystem.
Mon, Feb 08, 2021
The pace of the further development of relations will depend crucially on the quality, knowledge and influence of the people that President Biden appoints to his India desk.
Mon, Jan 04, 2021
If there is one straw that COVID has offered, it is the tangible evidence that no one entity or group — the state, markets, businesses, entrepreneurs, scientists — can tackle existing and emergent economic and social problems on their own. They have to work together to resolve them.
Mon, Dec 07, 2020
How should India, an economy dependent on fossil fuels, navigate future energy transitions? A new book has some pointers
Mon, Nov 02, 2020
A stark manifestation of the two-track development of our socio-economic polity is the ubiquitous spread of digital technology.
Mon, Oct 05, 2020
This pressure point could be our youthful population who must realise increasingly that their future hinges on the effectiveness of the government’s policy response to the uncertain and evolving pressures of changing economic and industrial structures, job profiles and social dynamics.
Mon, Sep 07, 2020
It could see intensification of populism, further erosion of guardrails of basic human rights
Mon, Aug 03, 2020
A parallel council with a similarly blended mix should be set up with individual states to take into account local factors, and in the spirit of cooperative federalism.
Mon, Jul 06, 2020
I know my father would have advocated India find a diplomatic solution to the current imbroglio. But given his experience of Maoist China, he would have also urged that our velvet glove of diplomacy must now cover an iron fist of resolve.
Mon, Jun 01, 2020
Against the background of these post-COVID market uncertainties and the above factoids, I suggest that the mandarins of our petroleum industry switch to the “just in case” policy mode.
Fri, Apr 24, 2020
We cannot leverage low and volatile oil prices to our advantage unless we empower traders, free them of bureaucratic control.
Mon, Apr 06, 2020
Behaviours will shift, uncertainties will deepen. India should build strategic reserves, use alternatives like natural gas and increase efficiency of its oil companies.
Mon, Mar 02, 2020
Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg offers an example of what is possible if society deems that “enough is enough” of “politics as usual” .
Fri, Jan 10, 2020
The society and state are in conflict. A youthful, vibrant, ambitious and connected society is pitted against a hesitant, at times paralytic, politically-shackled and precedent-bound state.
Mon, Dec 02, 2019
A balance can be found — between demands of shareholders and interests of society.
Mon, Nov 04, 2019
The point is that there is a strong undercurrent of dissatisfaction and public outbursts of anger are being triggered by the slightest spark. This is directed not just against the government. It is also targeted against business.
Mon, Oct 07, 2019
Pakistan is heavily in debt to Saudi Arabia and it depends hugely on the kingdom’s largesse to avoid economic collapse. Saudi Arabia has consequently considerable leverage over Pakistan and the latter in turn cannot afford to ignore Saudi economic interests when war gaming an offensive strategy against India.
Mon, Sep 02, 2019
Our administrative apparatus is vertically structured within silo-ed compartments. There is no forum to enable and facilitate interdisciplinary, interdepartmental and collaborative economic decision-making.
Mon, Aug 05, 2019
Modi 2.0 must move the needle towards meeting necessary conditions for incentivising investment.
Mon, Jul 01, 2019
The US-Iran stand-off is wrapped in a “fog of uncertainty”. No one really knows what will happen but what we do know, based on our reading of Clausewitz and understanding of history, is that it could take no more than a false report, a miscalculation or simply an accident for the region to conflagrate into violent conflict.
Mon, Jun 03, 2019
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