Major General Dilawar Singh

Articles by Major General Dilawar Singh

Maj Gen Dr Dilawar Singh (Retd) is a Ph.D. and policy expert with 40+ years of experience in military affairs and counter-terrorism. Former National DG in the Govt of India, he serves as Senior VP of the Global Economist Forum (AO, ECOSOC, UN) and sits on several corporate boards. He writes on geostrategy, global economics, defence, tech, and governance.

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India among Asia-Pacific's most resilient real estate markets despite global uncertainty: Report

Why India's growth still feels incomplete

As India approaches 2026–27, it faces a paradox of strong macroeconomic performance alongside widespread economic unease. While growth projections, public investment, inflation control and external stability appear robust, most citizens do not experience growth as steady income gains, secure employment or rising dignity. This gap is structural, not perceptual: India has mastered output growth but failed to translate it into broad-based prosperity. 6 days ago
MSME

Indian SME growth agenda 2026: From compliance relief to competitive power

India does not need more SMEs. It needs stronger SMEs. The Indian SME Growth Agenda 2026 must pivot decisively from counting enterprises to increasing net value added, from compliance obsession to capability building, from credit volume to credit quality, and from survival to scalability. 7 days ago
Mamta Banerjee

West Bengal 2026: Power, street authority, and battle for political permanence

The most probable outcome of the 2026 election is a renewed TMC mandate, possibly with a reduced majority but still comfortably above the threshold required to govern. A dramatic BJP resurgence cannot be ruled out entirely, particularly if national political currents intensify polarisation, but it would require organisational reconstruction on a scale not currently visible. 15 days ago
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Kerala 2026: Quiet re-engineering of a bipolar state

The Kerala Assembly election of 2026 is shaping up as a finely balanced contest driven less by ideology and more by procedural shifts, margin management and strategic vote-splitting. Increased voter scrutiny, roll verification and booth-level interventions are quietly reshaping outcomes, especially in closely fought constituencies. 15 days ago
Kerala bypolls: Voting date for Palakkad Assembly seat shifted to Nov 20

Assam 2026: Power, identity, and new grammar of electoral control

Assam's 2026 Assembly election is less a conventional contest and more a referendum on a deeply consolidated political model built by the BJP over the past decade. Power in the state now rests on a fusion of identity politics, administrative control, and electoral process management. By anchoring its appeal in Assamese sub-nationalism, citizenship narratives, and strong institutional presence, the BJP has converted electoral loyalty into a structural advantage. 15 days ago
ONGC

Rs 23,000 crore Reliance-ONGC case: Defining test of India's energy governance and law

At approximately ₹23,000 crore and potentially more the Reliance-ONGC gas dispute is among the largest natural-resource liability cases India has ever confronted. How the courts and the government respond will signal whether India is prepared to govern its strategic resources with the seriousness, transparency, and foresight they demand. 16 days ago
Number of India's dollar millionaires to surge 55 pc by 2029: Report

Economically productive FTAs and PTAs? Surge in new FTAs

True productivity mandates 95 percent reciprocal tariff demolition, ironclad investment bindings, relaxed origins rules, and robust safeguards against surges. Fuse this with Rs 25,000 crore export propulsion through 2031 for high-tech niches. 20 days ago
Russian President Putin departs Delhi after two-day State Visit; thanks India for 'warm welcome'

Forging iron curtain of East: India's bold bet on multipolar future

This alliance is not an act of fealty but enlightened pragmatism, a catalyst for India's transcendence beyond Western orbits toward a sovereign multipolarity. By steering with intellectual clarity, unwavering resolve, and iterative refinement, perhaps commissioning an independent impact audit by mid-2026, India can transform the Eastern iron curtain from a mere shield into a dynamo of global influence, redefining multipolarity not as chaos, but as opportunity. 24 days ago
PM Modi, President Putin agree to ramp up India-Russia trade till 2030

Stars, Signals and Undeclared: The Real Story Behind Vladimir Putin's India Visit

On the surface, the visit delivered what the media expected: a renewed roadmap for bilateral trade, major agreements in energy and minerals, reaffirmation of defence-industrial cooperation, and a joint declaration to raise trade to USD 100 billion by 2030. In the age of polarising geopolitics, the India-Russia relationship had been ceremonially polished and publicly displayed. 25 days ago