emergence of these two initiatives in India. This includes the political and civil society imperatives that shaped the design …In 2004, following the election of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA), India began to introduce a … elites and civil society activists in New Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan. Women, Dalits and Adivasis, who generally …

negotiations. Accordingly, civil society organisations opposed to trade liberalisation target this new generation of trade … agreements as well. This paper examines the case of activists concerned about agricultural and food issues in India who raised … (RCEP), negotiated by India with the European Union and Asian and Oceanian countries, respectively. Among them were members …

. For Nepal, the nearest sea-port is that of Kolkata in India and the transit arrangements between the two countries are … governed by two main legal instruments: India-Nepal Treaty of Trade and Transit and the India-Nepal Rail Services Agreement …. However, there are a large number of inadequacies in the prevailing India-Nepal transit treaty encompassing issues with regard …