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Policy UpdateArya GuptaBackgroundMining imposes lasting social and environmental costs on the districts where it occurs including land acquisition, displacement, pollution, and depletion of forest and water resources yet for decades the revenue generated from mining flowed almost entirely to...
Policy Update Anamika P K AbstractThe 8th Meeting of the BRICS Working Group on Ocean and Polar Science and Technology (OPST) was held in Goa from 12–14 August 2026 under India’s BRICS Presidency, hosted by the National Centre for Polar...
Viksha AAbstractThe BRICS Women’s Ministerial Meeting held in Kochi, India, brought together all the ministers and senior officials across the BRICS countries to focus on women-led development. The meeting took a step forward under India’s 2026 Chairship theme of...
Vibha SethiBackgroundThe structural architecture of Indian agricultural marketing has historically been fragmented by localized monopolies. Prior to the federal intervention, the marketing mechanisms for agricultural produce were strictly governed by state-enacted Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) legislations. Operating as...
Policy UpdateAryan BordoloiBackgroundIn just one budget cycle India’s drone industry went from the fringes of civil aviation policy to an official driver of Aatmanirbhar Bharat. The turning point was the new liberalised Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Rules, 2021, by...
Policy UpdateTanisha HoodaBackgroundInfrastructure is a crucial foundation for India’s economic growth and social development, supporting industrial activity, employment generation, connectivity, and improved quality of life. Financing is therefore essential for ensuring a steady flow of funds for large infrastructure...
IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, a startup research think tank, is a platform for pro-active, independent, non-partisan, and policy-based research. It contributes to debates and deliberations for action-based solutions to a host of strategic issues. IMPRI...
Policy UpdateAngela RajeevBackgroundTamil Nadu’s old-age pension is older than the national scheme it now sits inside. The state’s Old Age Pension (Normal) Scheme has run since 1 April 1962. Paying destitute persons aged 65 and above (60 if...
Policy UpdateArjya Shree PandeBackgroundThe Assistance to Deserted Indian Women Scheme was introduced to address the distress faced by Indian women abandoned by Non-Resident Indian (NRI) or foreign spouses. It is a welfare measure that supports women through local Indian...
Policy UpdateAnushree KhareBackground The idea of asset recycling was created globally to help solve the traditional issue for governments known as “the sovereign dilemma” or how to provide new and better public services while keeping their public debt from increasing....
