SDG's and Migration Scarce resources generate migration pressures accompanied with grave and complex regional and strategic implications. There are three Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to migration namely reducing recruitment costs for migrant workers being indicator 10.7.1, reducing remittance costs (10.c.1) and increasing the volume of remittances as indicator 17.3.2. UN and World Bank now
Ajay Banga nominated to the Top Slot of the WB The Indian diaspora is gleefully congratulating itself for the nomination by the President of the United States of America of Ajay Banga once the top executive of MasterCard, a digital or cashless plastic payment mechanism, to lead the World Bank . It is being repeated
Offshore Renewables Part 1 As part of the fabled “Blue Economy “the Indian Ocean is observing research being extensively carried out in the sphere of maritime oriented renewable energy sources. Proponents of offshore renewables are advocating marine ecologically compliant polices regulating maritime energy development, and concurrent institutional frameworks to assess environmental impact on marine habitats
As reported in Hindustan Times most harbors lack the infrastructure and dont have the draft to handle vessels like Ever Alot, the world’s largest container vessel with a length of 400 meter and a capacity of more than 24,000 TU's. Whereas Sri Lankan and Malaysian ports receive visits from the Ever Alot . Even India’s state-run
