Jyoti PooniaNew data and political developments since February reveal the deepening stakes behind the replacement of MGNREGA, cuts to health and environment, and the reduction in LPG subsidies.IntroductionWhen Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2026–27, public discourse...
Policy UpdateRajashree Krishna Bharadwaj1. BackgroundDBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance, known as India Alliance, is a key public charity advancing biomedical research in India through fellowships and capacity building. This policy update for IMPRI details its structure and trajectory as of...
Viren Naik Education is still the foundation of social progress, but traditional methods that rely on memorization, standardized testing, and rigid systems are no longer enough for today’s challenges. Countries with top education systems are trying new approaches that...
TK ArunTrump lied about everything—inflation, jobs, economic growth, tariffs, immigration, and Democrats’ disposition towards the US—in his State of the Union speech.At a campaign speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi once said that King Purushottam (Porus, the Greeks called him),...
T K ArunAI will enable new human activity not imagined hitherto, to realise that potential, education must train young minds to develop critical thinking and imaginationIsrael has bombed the 365 sq km of Gaza into death, devastation and rubble....
TK ArunAI sovereignty is not about apps or agents. It rests on GPUs, high-bandwidth memory, chip fabrication, political will, and the capital to fund long-term risk.The Artificial Intelligence Impact summit is on in Delhi. There is natural interest in...
T.K. ArunData-centre tax holidays represent oodles of government cash to favoured Indian businesses for little public benefitThe 21-year tax holiday doled out by the Union Budget to foreign firms that do data centre business in India should be rolled back, and...
Policy UpdateAnu G.M.BackgroundIn the aftermath of independence, India was ‘pulled together’ to form the Union of States. Hence, even today, the Indian nation continues to face threats and challenges to its integrity and sovereignty. In 1967, in the wake...
Press ReleaseThe IMPRI Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development (CECCSD), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, organised a panel discussion on “The Environment and Union Budget 2026-27” under its 7th Annual Series of Thematic Deliberations...
Arun KumarThe recent Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate cuts in India have come against the backdrop of U.S. President Donald Trump’s penal tariffs. On August 7, Trump signed an executive order imposing an additional 25% tariff on certain...
