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Policy Roundup: 50 years post Emergency, forest rights, ethanol policy

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Policy Roundup: Heat waves, smart cities, poverty debate

This post presents our monthly curation of developments in the policy landscape – highlighting I4I content pertaining to extreme heat predictions for Indian summer and the environmental impacts of c...

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Ideas@IPF2024 series: Research from NCAER’s India Policy Forum

Every year, National Council of Applied Economic Research hosts the India Policy Forum, a platform where economists and policymakers dissect research ideas for their relevance to public policy. Follo...

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The man who loved forests

On Ideas for India’s 10th anniversary, our Editor-in-Chief Parikshit Ghosh pens a tribute honouring the late Ashok Kotwal, whose vision and values percolated our portal’s character to make it a ve...

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Policy Roundup: 50 years post Emergency, forest rights, ethanol policy

This post presents our monthly curation of developments in the policy landscape – highlighting I4I content pertaining to coercive sterilisation of males during India’s period of Emergency; challen...

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Why statisticians matter for nation-building

In a data-driven era, the role of statisticians in shaping national development is more vital than ever. Yet, their presence in key policy domains remains limited. In this post, Pramanik and Das conte...

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Policy Roundup: India-UK FTA, good monsoon, medium firms

This post presents our monthly curation of developments in the policy landscape – highlighting I4I content pertaining to the India-UK free trade agreement, predictions of an above-normal monsoon thi...

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Policy Roundup: Heat waves, smart cities, poverty debate

This post presents our monthly curation of developments in the policy landscape – highlighting I4I content pertaining to extreme heat predictions for Indian summer and the environmental impacts of c...

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Policy Roundup: State budgets, time use survey, natural calamities

This post presents our monthly curation of developments in the policy landscape – highlighting I4I content pertaining to state budgets, gender gaps in time use, and mitigating the impact of natural ...

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Policy Roundup: Union Budget and “Sabka Vikas”

Following the release of the Economic Survey of India and the Union Budget for 2025-26 – which reflect the official assessment of the state of the Indian economy and the government’s priorities an...

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Policy Roundup: 1.5 degree breach, Trump’s America, ASER 2024

This post presents our monthly curation of developments in the policy landscape – highlighting I4I content pertaining to the widespread negative effects of climate change and what can be done to mit...

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I4I's 2024 Highlights

In 2024, Ideas for India featured 196 research-based Articles, opinion-based Perspectives, and Notes From the Field, of which 57 were available in Hindi; hosted content from three conferences, and int...

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Making sense of the 2024 Economics Nobel

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity”. In this post, Pulapre Balakrishnan evaluate...

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Economics Nobel 2024: Igniting discussion beyond the academy

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity”. In this post, Patrick Francois contend that...

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Policy Roundup: Delhi smog, US immigration, industrial policy

This post presents our monthly curation of developments in the Indian policy landscape – highlighting I4I (and IGC) content pertaining to Delhi’s seasonal smog problem, anti-pollution and adaptati...

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Ashok Kotwal Memorial Lecture: Rohini Pande on 'Regulating Carbon Emissions through Nature-based Solutions'

We invite you to join us on 11 December 2024, for the third annual Ashok Kotwal Memorial Lecture. This year, the lecture will be delivered by Professor Rohini Pande, who will draw on insights gained f...

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