Pub Date : 2022-12-14DOI: 10.1142/s2717541322020016
Chanwahn Kim, Rajiv Kumar
In this introductory paper of the Special Issue, we explore how India’s political economy is moving in a new direction by focusing on three key political economy issues: development, welfare, and governance. India has undergone a substantial political transformation in recent years, especially since Bharatiya Janata Party led by Narendra Modi formed the first majoritarian government in three decades in 2014. In this paper, we first demonstrate that this political transformation has a significant impact on the Indian political economy, given that the country is witnessing the rise of a new developmentalism, a new welfarism, and the new modes of governance. After that, we summarize the collections of articles of the Special Issue and situate them in relation to our central theme, new directions in the Indian political economy. This paper, and this Special Issue more broadly, seeks to contribute to the existing literature by introducing new analytical frameworks to understand recent changes in the Indian political economy and providing new empirical evidence on this topic drawing on content analysis and field research.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-10DOI: 10.1142/s2717541322400046
Himanshu Jha
Under what conditions do policy paradigms succeed in historically weak states? To answer these questions, this paper examines the subnational case of Bihar in India. The existing literature portrays Bihar as lacking capacity. Yet, between 2005 and 2010, astounding improvements have taken place in sectors of transparency and accountability and law & order. How do we explain this? This paper shows that ideas are consequential in initiating changes in policy paradigms.
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Pub Date : 2022-10-06DOI: 10.1142/s2717541322400071
I. Basu, Ripin Karlra
{"title":"The Democratic Prospects of Digital Urban Futures Lessons from India's Smart Cities Mission","authors":"I. Basu, Ripin Karlra","doi":"10.1142/s2717541322400071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2717541322400071","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":113267,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Indian and Asian Studies","volume":"174 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131353579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-10-06DOI: 10.1142/s271754132240006x
S. Shin
{"title":"Political Ideas of FDI Regime in the Narendra Modi Government","authors":"S. Shin","doi":"10.1142/s271754132240006x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s271754132240006x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":113267,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Indian and Asian Studies","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122607033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-28DOI: 10.1142/s2717541322400022
S. Mitra, Markus Pauli, Jivanta Schōttli
{"title":"Climate Change and India: Balancing Domestic and International Interests","authors":"S. Mitra, Markus Pauli, Jivanta Schōttli","doi":"10.1142/s2717541322400022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2717541322400022","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":113267,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Indian and Asian Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130462736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-28DOI: 10.1142/s2717541322400034
Aseema Sinha
{"title":"Developing a “India in the World” Framework: Modi Regime’s Political Economy in a Changing World","authors":"Aseema Sinha","doi":"10.1142/s2717541322400034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2717541322400034","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":113267,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Indian and Asian Studies","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133272381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-09DOI: 10.1142/s2717541322400010
Shalendra D. Sharma, A. Kanojia
{"title":"The “New Welfarism,” Good Governance and Electoral Success in Modi's India","authors":"Shalendra D. Sharma, A. Kanojia","doi":"10.1142/s2717541322400010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s2717541322400010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":113267,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Indian and Asian Studies","volume":"C-25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126480358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-07-01DOI: 10.1142/s2717541322400058
I. Petrikova
This article reviews the state and governance of India’s food security, with a specific focus on developments under the Modi/BJP administrations since 2014. Whilst the discourse of Modi/BJP administrations suggests a significant departure from previous administrations’ governance approaches, I find that the governance of both macro-level and micro-level food security in India has remained broadly unchanged over the past few decades. Macro-level aspects of food security, food availability and food stability, continue to be governed through the framework of the Public Distribution System (PDS) and Minimum Support Prices paid out to farmers for the cultivation of rice and wheat. Micro-level aspects of food security, food access and food utilization, remain managed through a network of social programs, primarily the PDS, the Integrated Child Development Services, and the Mid-Day Meals Scheme. One key difference has been a greater success of the Modi administrations in tying the programs’ achievements, even if modest, directly to Modi and the BJP, giving the BJP an electoral boost. The focus on short-term political gains has, however, undermined India’s governance effectiveness and with it its ability to implement policies capable of addressing India’s longer-term structural food-security challenges.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-01DOI: 10.1142/s2717541322990017
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Pub Date : 2022-04-06DOI: 10.1142/s2717541322500036
A. Rasool
Since its launch in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has attracted frequent commentary and analysis. Much of these discussions have focused on its effectiveness and viability as a large-scale economic as well as geopolitical project. This paper contributes to that discussion by exploring BRI’s impact on regional organizations, specifically in South Asia. Using South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) as a case study, I argue that BRI’s impact on regional organization is inadequately understood. BRI is not a competitor to regional organizations, but its presence in a region creates a priority conundrum for member states i.e., members who join effectively must mainline the BRI into their national interests. By offering transactional functionality, BRI offers member states the opportunity to access immediate tangible benefits like foreign investment and infrastructure development. While states continue to be the members of various international and regional organizations, their commitment and policy priorities inevitably end up aligning with BRI if they choose to sign up. With BRI as a part of their national interest, states inadvertently cede policy autonomy, especially on issues of concern for China. This creates a situation that grants China a voice in organizations where it’s not even a member. This impacts the character and culture of regional organizations creating relevancy and effectiveness concerns.
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