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IMPRI, 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 is committed to democracy, mobilization and community building.
ATAL BEEMIT VYAKTI KALYAN YOJANA (ABVKY) – INDIA’S UNDERUSED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT –...
Mahenoor ImamBackgroundThe Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 insured workers against sickness, maternity, disability and death, but not against losing the job itself. It assumed...
Advancing Digital Social Security For Coal Workers In India Through C-CARES...
Policy UpdateGowri KodaliIntroductionA provident fund constitutes deferred wages and forms the basis of long-term financial security for employees. Likewise, the value of a pension...
The India International Bullion Exchange (2022): A New Gateway For Gold...
Policy UpdateSruti HalderBackgroundThe India International Bullion Exchange (IIBX) is India’s first regulated gateway for the import and trading of gold and silver, operationalised at...
Foreign Assets Of Small Taxpayers – Disclosure Scheme (FAST-DS), 2026: An...
Policy UpdateRashi KothariBackgroundThe Foreign Assets of Small Taxpayers – Disclosure Scheme, 2026 (FAST-DS 2026) was introduced by the Ministry of Finance under Sections 135...
Power System And Development Fund (PSDF), 2014
Policy UpdatePurbaa JagannathBackgroundThe power sector was not the only challenge in the early 2010s for India. New inter-State electricity flows were accompanied by fast...
FOCUS 2.0 (2025): Assessing Climate Resilience And Indigenous Livelihoods In Mizoram...
Policy UpdateAyan BordoloiBackgroundThe second generation rural transformation programme, FOCUS 2.0, focuses on a challenging policy question in Mizoram: how to increase the productivity and...
City Finance Rankings Challenge (2021): Strengthening Municipal Financial Management In India...
Policy UpdateDivya NatarajanBackgroundThe City Finance Rankings is a Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) initiative that evaluates, recognises, and rewards India’s Urban...
SHE-LEAPS 2026: Advancing Digital Rural Women’s Entrepreneurship And Sustainable Livelihoods –...
Policy UpdateAnamika P KBackgroundThe Self Help Entrepreneur- Livelihoods and Enterprise Application for Prosperity and Sustainability (SHE -LEAPS) was launched on 29th June 2026 at...
Telangana State Industrial Project Approval And Self-Certification System (TG-iPASS): 2014 –...
Policy UpdateLahariBackgroundBefore 2014, industrial approvals in undivided Andhra Pradesh and in most Indian states were characterised by bureaucratic delay, repeated documentation, and poor inter-departmental...
National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS) 1995 : Strengthening Social Security Protection...
Policy UpdateManisha KumariBackgroundThe National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS) was introduced in 1995 as one of the original components of the National Social Assistance Programme...
