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.@orfonline & Samagra brings the report on 'Blueprints of Progress: Ten State-Level Transformations in Governance' edited by @asarma2710, Gaurav Goel & Shifali Thakkur The brief highlights #India’s progress toward #ViksitBharat2047—driven by growth, infrastructure, and gains in healthcare, agriculture, and #education. Backed by digital #technology, India is accelerating development while emerging as a global leader in #innovation and AI. Read it here🔗 raisinadialogue.org/blog/2026/03/0…

Aid allocations under #NeighbourhoodFirst continue to prioritise #Bhutan, #Nepal and #SriLanka, signalling regional stability as strategic capital. Yet shifts in allocations toward #Bangladesh and #Chabahar highlight how #Geopolitics constrains India’s development outreach: @swatiprabhujnu or-f.org/37382

.@orfonline is hosting a discussion on 'The 15th Five Year Plan and China’s way forward' as part of the China Chronicles Series. The discussion delved deep into the finer details of #China’s 15th five-year plan, which covers the years from 2026 to 2030, as there is only a decade left for #China to achieve its goal of socialist modernization in 2035. Featuring: @erlendek, Rityusha Mani Tiwary, @santoshpai_k, @kalpitm & @antaragsingh

From joint naval exercises to talks on defence co-production, #EU–#India cooperation is set to deepen. If paired with easier mobility for students and skilled workers, the partnership could help bridge Global North–South divides: @GuiguiBilkul or-f.org/37115

As #India advances Digital Public Infrastructure (#DPI) 2.0, trust is central: consent-driven data sharing, strong data protection law and offline support are essential so digital public infrastructure expands inclusion without creating new forms of exclusion: @ens_socialis or-f.org/37379

#German Chancellor #FriedrichMerz’s #India visit marked a shift from symbolism to strategy. #Berlin and #NewDelhi signalled that their partnership must now be shaped by #geopolitics, not just #trade: Harsh V. Pant or-f.org/37218

Despite elders forming over 10.5 per cent of #India’s population, #UnionBudget2026 largely overlooks their needs, even as ageing accelerates and vulnerabilities deepen, particularly among rural and elderly #women: @malancha_1chakr or-f.org/37378

With #America urging burden-sharing and focusing east of #Asia, #India must think long-term. Higher #defence outlays, especially for #navalpower beyond #Malacca, are essential if New Delhi wants strategic autonomy in the #IndoPacific: Harsh V. Pant & @KartikBommakan1 or-f.org/37281

The #Honduran case highlights emerging patterns of #US power projection in Latin America, contrasting engagement with allies and adversaries like #Venezuela, reflecting a new, ideologically driven hemispheric strategy: Prakreeti Chaudhary or-f.org/37416

#Budget 2026–27 brings #AVGC into #India’s education-and-skilling agenda, signalling that the #OrangeEconomy is being treated as a mass human-capital priority rather than a niche or gig pathway for a few specialised institutes: @arpantulsyan or-f.org/37369

At #India–#Africa Forum Summit 2026, India and Africa can move from projects to platforms—joint industrial ecosystems, digital public infrastructure, and coordinated Global South positions on multilateral reform, debt, and technology access in a fragmented global order: Sanjay Kumar Verma or-f.org/37418

In turbulent global trade conditions, the #India–#EU Free Trade Agreement (#FTA) signals resilience. It cannot fix multilateral trade paralysis, but it shows that economic cooperation can still advance despite protectionism and geopolitical disruption: Heribert Dieter or-f.org/37419

It is necessary to integrate #low-chemical or #chemical-free #processing pathways into the frameworks to establish truly #sustainable #marine #biorefineries aligned with India’s #NationalBiofuelPolicy and #BlueEconomy strategies. @PoornimaVb or-f.org/37468

Textiles, sports goods and legacy industrial clusters underline that #India’s industrial policy is also about employment. By backing job-rich sectors with clusters, parks and export support, #Budget2026 keeps inclusion and scale central to manufacturing growth: Kumkum Mohata or-f.org/37400

The #Honduran case highlights emerging patterns of #US power projection in Latin America, contrasting engagement with allies and adversaries like #Venezuela, reflecting a new, ideologically driven hemispheric strategy: Prakreeti Chaudhary or-f.org/37416

At #India–#Africa Forum Summit 2026, India and Africa can move from projects to platforms—joint industrial ecosystems, digital public infrastructure, and coordinated Global South positions on multilateral reform, debt, and technology access in a fragmented global order: Sanjay Kumar Verma or-f.org/37418

It is necessary to integrate #low-chemical or #chemical-free #processing pathways into the frameworks to establish truly #sustainable #marine #biorefineries aligned with India’s #NationalBiofuelPolicy and #BlueEconomy strategies. @PoornimaVb or-f.org/37468

The #HealthBudget2026 reveals a disconnect with the economic survey, which proposed bold fiscal action on ultra-processed foods and emerging #health risks, but saw little follow-through in budgetary measures: @oommen or-f.org/37370

Neighbourhood allocations in #Budget2026 prioritise implementability: #Chabahar has zero allocation compared with four hundred crore last year, #Afghanistan rises to one hundred fifty crore, #Bangladesh falls to sixty crore—calibrated commitments under sanctions risk and political churn: @soumyabh_swears or-f.org/37386

#India’s Digital Public Infrastructure (#DPI) 2.0 marks a shift from Unified Payments Interface in India to universal data empowerment, turning identity, payments and consent-based data into public goods shaping productivity, inclusion and governance: @ens_socialis or-f.org/37379