on to India. For his part Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that "Energy security is second only in our scheme of things to food security." Thus India's dependence upon secure oil and gas supplies from the Gulf and from Central Asia, as manifested in its energy firms' quest ...
India has always relied heavily on agriculture for employment—with the largest share of Indian workers working in the sector.13However, dependence on agriculture and related activities as a primary income source had been trending down in rural areas until the pandemic (figure 4). This trend rever...
Chapter 9 (on India-Korea ties) is more normative and points to commonalities regarding the dependence on Middle Eastern energy and the exposure to piracy in the Indian Ocean, but it remains somewhat unclear why Korea deserves a full chapter, while other important countries such as Turkey, ...
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Yet as one of the largest potential contributors to global growth this century, India is poised to be the first large developing economy to plot a sustainable trajectory toward becoming a developed nation. Despite its continued dependence on coal, India is rapidly transitioning to renewables (wind,...
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Wind power development can be a major tool for reducing import dependence and production cost, and maximizing power security. India has significant wind power potential, and it could be one of the leading sources of power in the near future. For effective execution of various policies, socio-...
s livelihoods in the area. With an estimated 50% global loss of wetlands in the last century and the loss of 5,000 square kilometers a year in Asia alone, the loss of ecosystem services and livelihood impacts shown in our study may be typical of what is occurring in the region and ...
The Modi government has enhanced Foreign Direct Investment in defence sector from 26 per cent to 49 per cent and the move aims at increasing domestic production and less dependence on imports. However, defence sector needs structural reforms to increase domestic production. ...
The most significant shift is that India has imported more energy from African countries and thus successfully diversified its energy imports. It has thus been able to reduce its dependence on the Middle East. Africa is also relevant to India’s global ambitions. India continues to see itself ...