The Paucity of Data: An Impediment to Policymaking
The govt should prioritise timely release of quality unemployment data to fuel research, dialogue & policymaking.
IMPRI
IMPRI, a startup research think tank, is a platform for pro-active, independent, non-partisan and policy-based research. It contributes to debates and deliberations for action-based solutions to a host of strategic issues. IMPRI is committed to democracy, mobilization and community building.
Addressing Demographic Diversity through Demographic Diplomacy
As the world population touched 8 billion, ‘demographic diplomacy’ could provide answers to a demographically diverse world.
Fiscal Deficit as a Shape-Shifter in India
The fiscal deficit created now translates into a higher debt burden that future generations have to service. Is that fair? It is more than fair. In the misty mornings of peak winter, a flock of sharp-beaked, joyless birds takes flight in the capital – Fiscal Deficit Hawks, who swoop down on North Block, where harried finance ministry officials race against time to prepare the Union government’s annual budget, to screech sharp orders to slash the fiscal deficit.
New Age of Sino-Arab Relations
The Chinese approach gels rather well with the Arab World’s ‘Act East Policy’.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a major challenge for China, with unprecedented lockdowns and occasional horror stories of the origins and spread of COVID-19 and how it has been dealt with, leading to nationwide protests which have been partially successful in achieving the winding down of excessive COVID-19 restrictions. President Xi Jinping, emboldened after being crowned the third time by the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC), did have the taste of people’s ire and his limitations as the Chinese economy was also being hurt and a downward trend was being noticed.
Moral Puzzles and Ethical Dilemmas in Administration
Today issues relating to the ethical scenario of statecraft, including administration have occupied significant moral and media space.
Musings from Rani Kamlapati’s Ginnorgarh Fort
Ginnorgarh, some 60 km from Bhopal, was the stronghold of Gonds under Rani Kamlapati, which, after her demise, was occupied by Dost Mohammad, the founder Nawab of Bhopal.