Canada’s authorities have arrested and charged three Indian nationals--Karanpreet Singh, Kamalpreet Singh and Karan Brar--with the shooting of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

Exclusive: Centre plans to create a GST-Council-like federal body for rural & farm reforms: National Council for Agriculture and Rural Transformation (NCART)

Report by Harikishan Sharma
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This story obviously breaks news of arrests in the Nijjar case but also does a very good job of reviewing the Canada portions of this sprawling investigation.

A sober essay by Paul Staniland on the dilemma that the US faces in crafting Indo-Pacific policy. foreignaffairs.com/asia/myth-asia…

On the challenges of doing social sciences in India today. '.......is part of a broader decline in India’s vibrant culture of public debate.'
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Excellent ⁦Foreign Affairs⁩ essay by ⁦Paul Staniland⁩ of ⁦Carnegie South Asia⁩: “Washington will be most effective when it approaches Asia’s swing states as they are: complicated and autonomous countries, not pieces on a chessboard.” foreignaffairs.com/asia/myth-asia…

The April GST number (₹ 2.1 trn.) is a record

But focus must be on revenues, net of refunds, not on headline collections

Despite recovery from the pandemic & better implementation, GST revenue for FY24 @ 6.1 % of GDP has still (after 7 years) not surpassed pre-GST level

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Given there's plenty of 'who's up, who's down' coverage, at CASI's India in Transition, we decided to focus on vital research into India's politics & political economy.

Check out our interview series, CASI 🇮🇳 Election Conversations 2024:

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On Causes & Consequences of Voter Turnout Change

- No three Lok Sabha elections in a row witnessed turnout increase/ decline
- most reasons cited for decline, have very little empirical basis
- group-wise turnout matters more in shaping outcome

Link: bit.ly/4a82EdX

Inside the BJP campaign: this week on #GrandTamasha , Hindustan Times journalist Smriti Kak joins me to talk about the race, the ruling party’s reaction to Phase One, and what party insiders are looking out for bit.ly/3QrAljP

Put together this map showing changes in turnout in the first 2 phases relative to 2019. Video coming soon! Note: pp stands for percentage points. #LokasabhaElection2024 #LokSabhaElections2024 Sanket Upadhyay Yashwant Deshmukh 🇮🇳 Team C-Voter

Happy to share my latest paper - presenting long-term assessment of the trade facilitative environment in India.
Full paper can be accessed here: lnkd.in/gtCih-YC

#SAGE - Studies in Microeconomics

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Milan Vaishnav's 🆕 book, Institutional Roots of India's Security Policy, is out! It is a comprehensive resource on India's sometimes elusive security institutions & its multifaceted foreign & security policy.

Find the book here: bit.ly/44mV7XC

The article 'Governance by Patching: A Comparative Analysis of Adaptive Policy Implementation' has been published online in Studies in Comparative International Development. You have full read access:

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This social sciences hub galvanized India's dynamic growth. Can it survive? nature.com/articles/d4158…

EC releases final voter turnout

phase 1 - 66.14%

Phase 2- 66.7%

Takeaways

a)2.8 to 3.3 percentage points down from 2019

b) not much overall gender difference in voter turnout

'There are other moments to discuss how Biden uses his political skill. Just recognise that skill, and how little it relies on words. If a 'great' leader is one who changes things, for better or not, this is an admin. of mumbling, tongue-tied greatness' ft.com/content/82d0f0…

I spoke to Rohan Venkat about my ongoing book project on social status and anti-redistributive politics in India. I did not expect the Indian elections campaigns to speak so directly about identity and redistribution, particularly taxation.