The article underscores the growing strategic convergence between India and Europe in a shifting global order and the need for a deeper partnership across diplomacy, economy, defence, and technology.
Despite having the highest share of female STEM graduates globally, India’s female workforce representation in STEM remains disproportionately low, revealing systemic education-to-employment barriers.
The article analyzes the persistent sluggishness in corporate investment despite policy measures like tax cuts, capex spending, and low interest rates, and discusses demand-side constraints in India's economy post-COVID-19.
The Union Rural Development Ministry has flagged widespread misuse of the National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) in the MGNREGS, prompting fresh directives to States for multi-tiered physical verification to curb fraud.