MSP: A Powerful Political Narrative, but an Incomplete Farmer Guarantee

by UIF TeamRural Development December 13, 2025January 18, 2026No Comments

The Minimum Support Price – or MSP – is among the most visible and politically charged agricultural instruments in India. Announced before each sowing season, MSP is pitched as the safety net that ensures farmers will get a minimum guaranteed price for their crop, even if market rates collapse. It promises protection from distress sales, …

Pax Silica and the New Tech Order: Why Silicon is Strategic – and India’s Path to a Global South Mineral Ecosystem

by UIF TeamGeopolitics December 9, 2025January 18, 2026No Comments

In late 2025, the United States unveiled a new strategic framework quietly but decisively shaping the future of global technology supply chains: Pax Silica. Framed as a cooperative initiative to secure silicon, critical minerals, semiconductors, and artificial intelligence infrastructure, Pax Silica reflects a deeper shift in geopolitics- where control over materials and processing capacity is as …