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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The missed call: Ego, oil, and fracturing of Indo-US ties

In a world of rising uncertainties from AI disruptions to climate crises the U.S. and India are natural allies, bound by shared democratic values and mutual interests. But alliances endure not through coercion, but through respect. Jan 9, 2026
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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. Dec 25, 2025
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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. Dec 24, 2025
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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. Dec 16, 2025
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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. Dec 16, 2025
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. Dec 16, 2025
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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. Dec 15, 2025