Launch of revamped IPE Triple Line website. The goal with this new website is to provide our visitors a quick access to our country offices and its service offerings. The website has interesting features which includes a visually compelling photo gallery and several publications.
On Tuesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced that crucial monsoon rains are expected to be above average in 2016, easing fears over farm and economic growth after two straight droughts hit rural incomes and agricultural output. In an interview with HT, Policy Lead at IPE Global and co-author of ‘Reflections on Managing Water, Earth’s […]
Deccan Chronicle (news daily published in Hyderabad) has covered the CBUD project’s team inspection visit to Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh. The news report was published on April 7th 2016. It mentions that Rakesh Gujral, Associate Director, CBUD, Urban Reforms & Infrastructure along with the team met the Kakinada Municipal Commissioner (KMC) to discuss all the issues pertaining […]
On April 10, over a dozen women in pink saris protested outside Governor Droupadi Murmu’s palatial residence in Ranchi, Jharkhand.The women, who call themselves the ‘Gulabi Gang’, were protesting for a total ban on liquor like the one in neighbouring Bihar.But some were not impressed by the demand. Questioning the rationale behind it, Ratan Tirkey, […]
The agenda of a G20 summit is generally set by the country holding the chair. China’s presidency of G20 is being looked at with a lot of anticipation, as it is not only the second-largest economy, but is also the largest trading partner of several countries, including India. The economic backdrop underpinning the Chinese G20 […]
Right when we decided to hold our regional conference in Nairobi, Kenya around integrating women in economic development, the Lions from the Nairobi National Park decided to visit the city. Amidst the friendly carnivores, we held a successful conference and agreed to come together as the Mitreeki 2016 Network and committed to work tirelessly to […]
The World Economic Forum predicted in 2014 that it would take until 2095 to achieve global gender parity. In 2015, they estimated that a slowdown of progress meant the gender gap wouldn’t close entirely until 2133. The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day – Pledge for Parity – called on men and women to […]
n article by Geethanjali Nataraj, Policy Lead Trade and Investment, KPP , IPE Global has been published in The Pioneer. The article was published in the Print edition on 16th March, 2016. The article looks at the Budget 2016-17 as a modest effort with its emphasis on giving relief to the farm sector and fueling […]
The India–ASEAN relationship received a shot in the arm with the conclusion of the 8th Delhi Dialogue on 17–19 February 2016. Since 1991 India has been aggressively pursuing increased trade and strategic relations with Southeast Asian Countries as a part of its ‘Look East’ policy. Now, ASEAN has grown to be India’s fourth largest trading […]
The hype surrounding Budget FY17 was unprecedented. Given the unrest in the country—from student agitations in JNU to the Jats—it is only apt that the focus got shifted to the economy, whose revival would not only give a boost to manufacturing and job creation, but also divert the attention of the population from the political […]
India is conscious of the challenges posed by the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade agreement inked last year among 12 Pacific Rim countries, which are comparable to the tough challenges the country had to face post the 1991 economic liberalisation, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said here on Monday. Addressing a talk on the TPP and […]
What does Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has in store for the Indian economy and its people in 2016? Will this be a pro-poor budget as suggested by many experts or will it have sops for India Inc? Will the recent banking crisis be on the Mr Jaitley’s mind? What steps will he take to ease […]
