Coordinated Border Management at Land Ports in BBIN countries

Coordinated Border Management at Land Ports in BBIN countries The purpose of the study is to develop an action plan for setting up coordinated border management between India and its neighbors (India-Bangladesh, India-Bhutan and India-Nepal). While developing this plan of action, the study will assess the feasibility of common facilitation, in terms of – development […]

Asian Development Bank (ADB): Strategic Interventions for Economic Transformation— Strengthening Knowledge for Enhancing Development Outcomes

Asian Development Bank (ADB): Strategic Interventions for Economic Transformation— Strengthening Knowledge for Enhancing Development Outcomes The primary responsibility of the BRIEF team in this project was to assist the Country Programming Unit and INRM management at ADB in its tasks, including (but not limited to) projects pipeline, providing inputs to the development, review and analysis […]

BRICS urgently needs some mortar

BRICS as a group of large developing economies is too diverse politically and culturally to be the nucleus of a future global organization or a force to counter the West’s hegemony. But the current Sino-Indian mutual incomprehension carries the danger of turning this promising group into another SAARC. The 14th BRICS Summit is scheduled for […]

Cross LoC Trade: Building Bridges, (Re)Connecting Communities in Jammu & Kashmir

Following successful completion of the study on Cross-LoC Trade: Enhancing Opportunities and Expanding Constituencies, BRIEF has started next phase of the study with the aim of building bridges and (re)connecting communities across LoC and between J&K and rest of India. And for this, the project will focus to strengthen further the mechanisms of LoC trade, […]

SDF promoting Regional Cooperation & Integration in SAARC region

Dr Sunil Motiwal Chief Executive Officer SAARC Development Fund SAARC Development Fund (SDF) is established by the Heads of the eight SAARC Member States in April 2010 as an umbrella financial institution for SAARC projects and program in the SAARC region. The fund works for promoting the welfare of the people of SAARC region, improving […]

India-Pakistan tensions and power co-operation

Tridivesh Singh Maini Senior Research Associate, The Jindal School of International Affairs, OP Jindal Global University, Sonepat Captain Amarinder Singh Chief Minister (CM) of Punjab, during his meeting (April 21, 2017) with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sought the intervention for sale of electricity to Pakistan and Nepal. According to the Punjab CM, since the state […]

Tuticorin Container Terminal: Where we were, where we are & where we wish to be

P. Jeyanth Jason Thomas General Manager, Chakiat Group (Tuticorin branch), President, Tuticorin Customs Brokers’ Association, Vice President, Tuticorin Ship Agents’ Association, Member of Federation of Freight Forwarders’ Association of India Honorary Secretary of Mission to Seafarers, Tuticorin Centre Looking back into the past brings certain very pleasant memories to my mind. Those were the days […]

Container Freight Stations: Role and Issues – Interpretations at Indian Ports

Samit Chakraborty Manager (Projects) As India embarks on a renewed journey towards the overall improvement of its trade environment, port-led development would continue to be the fulcrum around which much of the strategic deliberations are expected to revolve. Further, cargo handling capacity of ports – a key factor determining trade volumes – would be determined […]

Bridging Infrastructural Deficits at Select Trade Ports in India Report Release

Bridging Infrastructural Deficits at Select Trade Ports in India report release by Honorable Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari*, Minister of Road, Transport and Highways, on 30th March 2016 (Wednesday), 5.00 PM – 8.00 PM at Tamarind Hall, India Habitat Center, New Delhi The report is an outcome of a study launched in April 2015 aimed at facilitating India’s trade […]

Stakeholders’ Consultation: Bridging Infrastructural Deficits at Select Trade Ports in India

As part of its ongoing study on ‘Bridging Infrastructural Deficits at Select Trade Ports in India,’ Bureau of Research on Industry and Economic Fundamentals (BRIEF) organized a regional Stakeholders’ Consultation on 18 November 2015 in Mumbai. The Consultation was aimed at bringing together key stakeholders from the ports sector (Land and Sea) to deliberate upon […]