IMPRI
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.
When War Becomes An Operating Cost: Insurance, Chokepoints And The New...
Rahi NaikIntroduction: Why the Gulf Is Building Security Beyond WashingtonFor decades, the security architecture of the Arabian Gulf rested on an implicit bargain: Gulf...
The East Is Changing: Demographic Transition In West Bengal And Northeast...
InsightsAnkita GanguliHow falling fertility, ageing, youth migration and uneven urbanisation are reshaping India’s eastern frontierIndia’s demographic debate is often reduced to a single question:...
Measuring Municipal Fiscal Health: FER And Property Tax – IMPRI Impact...
InsightHimanshu ChhetriIntroductionIndia’s urban local bodies (ULBs) are at the frontline of service delivery, yet their fiscal health reveals deep structural imbalances. Recent municipal finance...
Mukhyamantri Palayan Roktham Yojana: Assessing Reverse Migration, And Rural Development In...
Policy UpdateGargi BishtBackgroundUttarakhand’s migration crisis presents one of India’s most acute demographic challenges. Between 2008 and 2018, approximately 118,981 persons migrated permanently from rural...
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...
