Aditi Narayani PaswanThe adjectives that come to mind when describing Savitribai Phule are ‘path-breaking’, ‘conviction’ and ‘reform’. She was reforming the society at a time when educating the girl child was unthinkable, in addition to the limping barriers that...
IMPRI TeamA panel discussion on “The Great March of Migrants During The National Lockdown: Lessons Not Learned and Missed Opportunities” was organized by the #IMPRI Center for Human Centre for Human Dignity and Development (CHDD), IMPRI Impact and Policy...
IMPRI TeamThe treatment of school education in a holistic manner and improving school effectiveness in terms of equal opportunities for schooling and learning outcomes has been the aspiration of all and multiple challenges are faced to maintain and provide...
Harsh V Pant and Kartik BommakantiA significant shift away from the world’s major weapons-producing region is underway, with impressive gains for China and to an extent India. The world witnessed a significant surge in arms sales from countries in the...
Harsh V PantIn December 2022, the World Bank revised upwards its GDP growth forecast for India to 6.9 percent for 2022-23, underlining the fact that the Indian economy was showing higher resilience to global shocks. In its India Development...
IMPRI TeamGender equality, good health and well-being all feature in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the disparity experienced in women’s health-seeking behaviour are alarming. With health gaining centrality like never before due to the advent of the pandemic,...
Nilanjan BanikIndia’s external sector numbers are not looking good. In the second quarter, the current account deficit widened to $23.9 billion, the highest since 2012.Retail inflation hovered over 7% (upper tolerance limit: 6%) for most of this year.The bulk...
Arun KumarThe government has announced free foodgrains to 81 crore poor in the country for one year.This will be under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) but is like an extension of the free foodgrains scheme announced under the...
Manoj Misra‘Grandstanding’ is the current norm at most international conferences. It is as if high sounding and dramatic announcements would help humanity wish away the climate catastrophe which is now all too evident.If COP27 of UNFCCC (Sharm el Sheikh,...
Nilanjan Banik2022 was a good ‘growth’ year for India. India’s economy was among the fastest growing large economies. This was commendable, especially in a year marred by war and extreme climate events, rising commodity and energy prices, tightening global...
