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The controversy surrounding Facebook’s Free Basics in India highlights a key dilemma currently faced by policy makers and private entrepreneurs who wish to foster, not just ‘inclusion’, but business models which foster economic democracy.
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Is China actively building up its maritime presence in the Arabian Sea, to dominate vital sea lanes and perhaps encircle India with a chain of naval bases? There can be little doubt that China views Gwadar as a potentially useful asset. China, however, will know better than anyone that Gwadar has two considerable limitations.
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Amit Bhandari, Fellow, Energy and Environment Studies, Gateway House, was quoted Liberation
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Amit Bhandari's article 'Financial hedge for India's oil risk' was republished by The Political Indian.
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Amit Bhandari, Fellow, Energy and Environment Studies, Gateway House, was quoted in Petroleum Intelligence Weekly in a story on the Rosneft stake sale.
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Low GDP growth numbers and the tumbling Shanghai Composite are not enough to judge China’s economic management strategy. It is the long-term, structural, and geoeconomic challenges that will determine the country’s economic future
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Amit Bhandari, Fellow, Energy and Environment Studies, Gateway House, was quoted in New Energy in a story on vehicle emissions.
India has long sought China over Taiwan, so is it too late to rectify foreign policy? The recent election results in Taiwan have upset China as China fears it will lose control over Taiwan. Gateway House interviews noted China expert Professor Nalapat to get his take on Taiwan's new president-elect and what lies ahead for tenuous Sino-Indian-Taiwan relations.
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India has long sought China over Taiwan, so is it too late to rectify foreign policy? The recent election results in Taiwan have upset China as China fears it will lose control over Taiwan. Gateway House interviews noted China expert Professor Madhav Nalapat to get his take on Taiwan's new president-elect Tsai Ing-wen and what lies ahead for tenuous Sino-Indian-Taiwan relations.
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India could save $80 billion annually if oil prices stay at the current 12-year low. Policy-makers must use this opportunity to lock-in energy prices for the long-term. Financial markets, through futures and options, offer a way to make these savings permanent, and the Ministry of Finance must formulate ground rules for hedging.
