Policy UpdateSimona Miriam HughesBackgroundThe India-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) was established in 2022, to deepen cooperation between India and the European Union in the domains of trade, technology and geopolitics. The Council was designed in order to address...
Policy UpdateSimona Miriam HughesBackground:Critical Minerals such as Lithium, Cobalt, Nickel, Graphite and rare earth minerals have become indispensable for clean energy technologies, electric vehicles, semiconductors, defence manufacturing and advanced digital industries. Securing access to these minerals has emerged as...
Event ReportP R Madhesh RajThe six-day programme, “Understanding the Nuances of Climate Change in the Indian Subcontinent: Cohort 3.0,” organised by IMPRI’s Centre for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development (CECCSD), brought together speakers from different academic and professional...
Policy UpdateSamiksha MuskanBackgroundSexual Harassment at the workplace remains one of the most underreported and neglected dimensions of gender-based violence in India. Despite the landmark Supreme Court judgment in Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan (1997) laying down binding guidelines nearly...
Policy UpdateRashi KothariBackground & Structural ContextMicro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) represent the engine of India’s credit growth, industrial expansion, and formal employment generation (Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises , 2020; Reserve Bank of India, 2023). However, MSEs...
Nayanshi JainIntroductionIndia’s journey towards Viksit Bharat 2047 will be built as much on the quality of its infrastructure as on the size of its economy. Roads, railways, ports, energy systems, urban networks and digital infrastructure form the productive backbone...
Madhuritha DBackgroundNational Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) in 2014-15 under the framework of the National Action Plan on Climate Change. The mission was envisaged as a strategic intervention to mitigate the adverse impacts of climate variability on agriculture while...
Policy UpdateAnushree KhareBackground Before the concept of “solar energy” became a focus of governmental policies, sunlight was viewed as currency. Calendars were designed around the position of the sun. Temples were constructed facing the sun and economies would wait for...
Policy UpdateSaachi SaxenaBackgroundEnvironmental policy is moving beyond regulating factories and emissions towards influencing what consumers buy and what firms produce. The Ecomark Rules, 2024, represent this shift in India by attempting to use product information and certification as a...
Policy UpdateNinchen TamangBackgroundThe Mahakali Treaty of 1996, formally the “Treaty between His Majesty’s Government of Nepal and the Government of India Concerning the Integrated Development of the Mahakali River including Sarada Barrage, Tanakpur Barrage and Pancheshwar Project”, was signed...
