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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.
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...
Nikshay Poshan Yojana, 2018: Strengthening Nutritional Support For Tuberculosis Patients –...
Policy UpdateManisha Kumari BackgroundTuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health challenge in India, with its impact extending beyond infection and treatment to nutrition, household expenditure...
District Mineral Foundations (DMFs) In India, 2026: Can Mining Revenues Deliver...
Policy UpdateArya GuptaBackgroundMining imposes lasting social and environmental costs on the districts where it occurs including land acquisition, displacement, pollution, and depletion of forest...
BRICS Ocean And Polar Science Cooperation: India’s 2026 Presidency And Strategic...
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...
BRICS Women’s Ministerial: Kochi, 8–9 July 2026
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...
Evaluating E-NAM Infrastructure And Price Discovery Across Mandis In India’s (2016)
Vibha SethiBackgroundThe structural architecture of Indian agricultural marketing has historically been fragmented by localized monopolies. Prior to the federal intervention, the marketing mechanisms for...
