‘Brainstorming Session’ – भारत@100
PIF kickstarted its Bharat@100 project with a Brainstorming Session on 12th November 2022 at Gandhi Darshan, Rajghat, New Delhi. The session was a very well attended event and saw participation by financial experts, CAs, lawyers, corporates and academia among others. The brainstorming session was attended by Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Chairman, Pahle India Foundation and former…
Changing Definition under National Security
Recently, Raksha Mantralay (the Defence Ministry) has given approvals for modernisation of the armed forces and upgradation of several military infrastructure and projects. One of the foci has been on acquisition of 155 mm howitzer guns and upgradation of the existing guns in the Indian artillery. Pahle India Foundation intends to do a comparative analysis…
Role of Good Governance in a 5 trillion Economy: 5 years post Kotak Committe
The fourth seminar of the NSEPIF Financial Sector Policy Series was organised in Mumbai on 21st September 2022. The topic for this discussion was “Role of Good Governance in a 5 trillion Economy: 5 years post Kotak Committee”. The Introductory Remarks were made by Dr Tirthankar Patnaik, Chief Economist, National Stock Exchange of India Limited…
Carbon Trading and India Inc.
The third seminar of the NSE-PIF Financial Sector Policy Series was organised in Mumbai on 23rd August 2022. The topic for this discussion was “Carbon Trading and India Inc”. The Introductory Remarks were made by Dr Tirthankar Patnaik, Chief Economist, National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE). The session was chaired and moderated by Dr…
Leveraging Green Bonds for a Net Zero Emissions Economy
The second seminar of the NSE-PIF Financial Sector Policy Series was organised in New Delhi on 21st July 2022. The topic for this discussion was “Leveraging Green Bonds for a Net Zero Emission Economy”. The Introductory Remarks were made by Dr Tirthankar Patnaik, Chief Economist, National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE). The session was…
Green Finance: ESG Ratings and Funds – An Impact Evaluation
The first seminar of the NSE-PIF Financial Sector Policy Series was organised in Mumbai on 28th June 2022. The topic for this discussion was Green Financing: ESG Ratings and Funds. The Introductory Remarks were made by Dr Tirthankar Patnaik, Chief Economist, National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE), while the Welcome Remarks were made by…
“Developing a Framework for Establishing an SRO in India ”
The gold ecosystem in India, despite numerous reforms in recent times, is still riddled with various problems such as transparency, price discovery, and standardisation among many others. Moreover, the business of gold has multiple regulators and ministries controlling the various aspects of the business. Pahle India Foundation believes that the business of gold could benefit from the establishment of a Self-Regulatory Organisation (SRO), which…
“Comparative Analysis of eNAM and ReMS ”
The Rashtriya e-Market Services (ReMS) Private Limited is a joint venture initiative between the Government of Karnataka and NCDEX e-Market Limited (NeML), started in 2013, with the objective of bringing about transparency in the agricultural marketing system and helping with efficient price discovery that would benefit farmers. Further, in 2016, the National Agriculture Market (eNAM)…











