Event Report Tanmyi AnthwalOrganiser: IMPRI Centre for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies (CHURS), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New DelhiDate: 9 October 2025Format: #WebPolicyTalk — Online workshop (Zoom | YouTube Live | Spotify)IntroductionOn 9 October 2025, the IMPRI...
Policy UpdateAtharva SalunkeBackground:India is undergoing a unique demographic phase, with over half of its population under the age of 25 and a continuously growing workforce. This presents both an opportunity and a challenge: to transform this human resource base...
Arun KumarThe move’s adverse impact on the unorganised sector is likely to overwhelm its positive impact on the organised sector.The GST rate reduction on a large number of items seems appropriate. The GST Council unanimously agreed to this major rationalisation of...
TK ARUNWhen the real economy weakens, the stock market gets a high. This has been the case, ever since the excess liquidity sloshing around in the world’s financial markets converted stock prices and indices into a function more of...
Policy UpdateIlma Ahmad SamirIntroduction:India and Qatar share a deep energy partnership, with Qatar being a key supplier of liquified natural gas (LNG) to meet India’s growing demand. As energy trade relies heavily on secure maritime routes, rising geopolitical tensions...
Policy UpdateAditi Singh KaushikBackground:In the 21st century, the extensive popularity of Bollywood movies in Turkey, and the ever-growing appeal of Turkish dramas in India are emblematic of the sustained soft power diplomacy of the two sovereign nations. The roots...
Policy UpdateManya MarwahBackgroundThe National GLP Compliance Monitoring Authority (NGCMA) was established on April 24, 2002, by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) under the Government of India. The body is aimed at ensuring that Good Laboratory Practices (GLPs),...
Policy UpdateDevshi Satish MishraBackgroundIndia and Cyprus have always enjoyed good bilateral relations. The foundation of this long-standing relationship was laid by the first President of RoC (Republic of Cyprus), Archbishop Makarios, and the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit...
Anil TrigunayatThe direct fallout of the Israeli strikes on Qatar to eliminate Hamas leaders and negotiators for Gaza and the US deep state’s complicity and political leadership’s double-speak and tongue-in-cheek stance has reinforced the utter unreliability of the US...
Policy UpdateSivasankari SridharBackgroundDigital governance in India has grown rapidly under the Digital India programme launched in 2015, which aimed to transform the country into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. A key component of this transformation is inclusivity,...
