Courtesy: Global Environment Facility

15 August 2018

India in the Global Commons

Since Independence, India has been consumed by its domestic priorities. Now, with increasing integration with the world and a huge stake in global stability, it is time to focus on the global commons. India has a seat on the hightable to design and shape the rules for the governance of the global commons. In this special Independence Day Briefing, Gateway House examines India’s engagement with four global commons – technology, outer space, cyber and the oceans – and makes recommendations on how best they can be governed for our collective future.

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24 November 2017

Opening Remarks at the Second International Blue Economy Dialogue, Dhaka

BY Rajiv Bhatia

These are the opening remarks given by Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia at the Second International Blue Economy Dialogue, ‘Promoting Blue Economy: Making the best use of Opportunities from the Coasts, Seas and Oceans’ in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He discusses the economic endowment of the blue economy and the necessity to utilise its resources in a sustainable manner

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks at the Plenary session during the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings October 13, 2017 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. IMF Staff Photo/Stephen Jaffe

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24 October 2017

Policy reforms for sustaining global growth

BY Anoop Singh

While the global economy is on an economic upswing, policy makers at the IMF, World Bank Annual Meetings 2017 recognised that a consistent framework is necessary to improve growth fundamentals, tackle rising debt, and address social and political concerns about rising inequities

Fishermen release bait fish during pole and line fishing practice to catch skipjack tuna. Pole and line fishing is a selective and therefore more sustainable way to catch tuna as only fish of a certain size are caught, leaving juveniles to grow to spawning age and replenish the stock in the future. Small bait fish are thrown over the side of the boat to lure the tuna to the water surface. The fishermen use the acceleration of the fish as they race to get their prey, hook them and fling them onto the ship's flat deck.

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19 January 2017

‘Blue Diplomacy’ to boost Blue Economy

BY Rajiv Bhatia

The first ever summit of the Indian Ocean Rim Association, to be held in Indonesia in March 2017, will cast light on how India and other like-minded nations can develop oceanic resources sustainably. This event offers scope for India to mould outcomes

Courtesy: Gateway House

23 November 2013

The Manipal Dialogue: Asia together

BY Mohandas Pai

From November 17-19, Gateway House and Manipal University hosted ‘The Manipal Dialogue,’ where 18 select scholars from 15 Asian nations discussed and debated the concept of an 'Asia, Uninterrupted.' T.V. Mohandas Pai, Chairman, Manipal Universal Learning, delivered the following speech as his keynote address.

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4 October 2012

A Green Agenda for Africa

BY Rajendra M. Abhyankar

All the major economic forces in the world have come together in Africa in a new version of the Great Game. The competition for the continent’s resources will ultimately harm Africa unless Africa uses this opportunity to its advantage and to address its own serious problems.

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26 April 2012

How secure is sovereign debt?

BY Lalit S. Kanodia

This article attempts to explain the current crisis facing the world, and in particular many European countries, relating to sovereign debt and the consequent crisis, in simple layman’s terms. It also suggests how best India can weather this crisis.