Employment of gig and platform workers has grown faster than economic growth, with elasticities exceeding those of the overall labour market in every round between 2011–12 and 2019–20 (NITI Aayog, 2022). Sometimes hailed as a success of digital modernisation, this is, nevertheless, an underlying and distressing structural transformation from a Swadeshi perspective: economic growth is…

India’s recent upgrades to its sovereign credit rating reflect rising confidence in its economic resilience. Still, the true test will be in translating international recognition into constructive investment, dignified employment and prosperity for regular Indians. This is the context to understand recent credit rating improvements. Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCR) raised India’s long-term foreign- and…

1893 Chicago was the first voice to the world by a monk in saffron about what actually lies in the heart of Bharat. After this many addresses happened in this concern. But, RSS Sarsangchalak visit again rekindled the idea of Chicago and gave rise to the aroma of Bharatiya values for an Inclusive, and Sustainable…

India’s Transition to an Industrial Economy in the “China+1” Era: Structural Bottlenecks, Localisation & MSME Integration   By- Kartik Shyam Mogha, Research Associate & Manya Bhati, Research Intern Swadeshi Shodh Sansthan   Throughout history, the locus of global production has continually shifted, fundamentally altering the balance of power and civilizational progress. For decades, the world…

Introduction In Asian geopolitics, the growing Chinese presence in South Asian infrastructure is a defining feature of contemporary era. Dhaka’s government decision to give the modernization project of Mongla Port to Chinese firm illustrates strategic competition in the Bay of Bengal. Even though, under the Bangladesh’s national development agenda, this project is primarily presented as…

The 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 12-13, 2026, marks an important moment in the evolution of the emerging global order. Under Bharat’s presidency, the summit adopted the BRICS New Delhi Declaration, centred on “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability”. The declaration comes at a time when the international system is facing…