Fiza Mahajan

Fiza Mahajan

  • Joined: November 1, 2022
  • Articles: 16

Public Libraries: From Perfect Theory to Imperfect Reality

This article talks about Public Libraries in the context of the key aspects of public goods, namely, non-excludability and non-rivalry, and how not being limited to this definition, it can also be associated with the characteristics of common property resource (non-excludable but rivalrous) and club goods (non-rivalrous but excludable). This article talks about traditional public libraries as well as the challenges that it faces with the coming up of digital media and the need for public library even in these changing scenarios by incorporating the digital medium of information in traditional libraries. It finally talks about the actual scenario of the Indian Public Libraries based on the case study of District Library Gurdaspur.

New India’s Economic Transformation and Union Budget 2023-24

As Part of its The State of Economy- #EconDialogue series, #IMPRI Center for Study of Finance and Economics, IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, organized the panel discussion on New India’s Economic Transformation and Union Budget 2023-24 on February 8th, 2023 as a part of the IMPRI’s third annual series of thematic deliberations and analysis of the Union Budget, fiscal year 2023-24 being organized from February 2- February 7, 2023.

Cities and Union Budget 2023-24

IMPRI Centre for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies (CHURS), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute conducted a panel discussion on Cities and the Union Budget 2023-24 on 7 February 2023 under the IMPRI 3rd Annual Series of Thematic Deliberations and Analysis of Union Budget 2023-24, as part of IMPRI #WebPolicyTalk. The chair for the discussion was Dr Rumi Aijaz, Senior Fellow and Head, Urban Policy Research Initiative, Observer Research Foundation, India. The session was moderated by Dr Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Associate Professor, Visva Bharati, Santi Niketan; Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI.

Local Governance and Union Budget 2023-24

The IMPRI Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies (CHURS), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, organized a panel discussion on ‘Local Governance and Union Budget 2023-24’ on 6th February 2023 under the IMPRI 3rd Annual Series of Thematic Deliberations and Analysis of Union Budget 2023-24. The discussion was organized under the #WebPolicyTalk series #LocalGovernance.

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