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Ekjot Singh and Sanjamdeep Singh Once the industrial pride of northern India, Punjab is now witnessing its factories relocating to Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, and Uttar Pradesh. In two decades, Ludhiana’s hosiery and auto parts, and Mandi Gobindgarh’s steel mills have shifted due to cheaper power, easier land access, and smarter policies elsewhere. The impact […]

Agastya Shukla and Sirjan Kaur Governments across the world are fast adopting and experimenting with land pooling instead of acquisition policies. Land pooling is considered to be a better and viable option since it moves away from a compulsory standpoint and offers voluntary choice to the landholders. Literature has documented that pooling policies to also […]

By: Manasvi Last year, a working paper titled ‘Relative Economic Performance of Indian States: 1960-61 to 2023-24’ prepared by the Economic Advisory Council to the PM highlighted that Punjab’s share in the GDP peaked at 4.4% percent during the 1960s because of the Green Revolution. But it has been declining since the 1990s and reached […]

Dharminder Singh Kaleka In a world where multilateralism is retreating and global legal coherence is fraying, the freshly inked India–UK Free Trade Agreement offers a telling glimpse into what the future of international cooperation might look like. While much has been said about the tariff reductions and sectoral openings, the deeper significance of this bilateral […]

Anmol Rattan Singh and Dr Deepratan Singh The carbon credit, once a market abstraction introduced under Article 17 of the Kyoto Protocol’sClean Development Mechanism (CDM) (Article 12) in 1997, has now evolved into a potent globalinstrument for channeling investment into emissions mitigation. Broadly bifurcated intocompliance and voluntary mechanisms, carbon credit systems today serve as foundational […]

Shefali Saini Theories of international trade—from classical to modern—have consistently emphasised the benefits of trade in fostering economic growth. Among these, the Gravity Model of Trade posits that countries in closer geographic proximity are more likely to trade with one another. This is evident in India’s engagement with South Asian and Southeast Asian nations. Notably, […]

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Durgesh Jha Conventional policy approaches are ineffective in tackling stubble-burning! A mix of regulations, bans, technology, and information often overlooks human behaviour, the problem’s core. Every winter, North Indian states are shrouded in smog, revealing a disconnect in our present strategies. We need to move beyond targeting structural or systemic factors in isolation and focus […]

Statecraft is a selection-based club established under the aegis of PANJ Foundation, committed to the cultivation of serious public leadership in Punjab. Statecraft offers a first-of-its-kind platform in Punjab: a discreet space for structured dialogue, rigorous reading, and long-term civic orientation. Punjab is at a pivotal moment—marked by economic stagnation, institutional weakening, and rising social […]

We are excited to launch our flagship program — ‘Statecraft’ The program is designed to cultivate a vibrant community of young thinkers in Punjab, tackling the state’s critical gap in research and reflective dialogue. We believe that reading and research are the cornerstones of innovation, essential for uncovering solutions and bringing attention to urgent challenges. […]