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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.

COP 26 and Urban Local Government in India

Chetan Vaidya The COP 26  UN Climate Change Conference, took place during October- November 2021 in Glasgow, UK. It called for renewed efforts to raise ambition on cutting emissions, climate finance, adaptation, and managing the loss and damage being caused…

Governments must ensure right of clean air to every citizen

'Back in the severe zone, Delhi air worst in country; ‘No need for 28-member without teeth, says Supreme Court’; ‘Local sources largely to blame for pollution’; and ‘Schools shut again as air quality turns severe - Decision comes after SC rap’ were some of the headlines that dominated the national newspapers in the capital in the first week of December.

Time to change tack on counterinsurgency

The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) must be scrapped, and counterinsurgency operations entrusted to the local police, who, in turn, must be retrained and re-equipped for the purpose. Democratic politics must give ordinary people a visible stake in peace and integration. This is not a novel idea but one whose crying need is once again underlined by the killing of 14 civilians and a soldier in Nagaland last week.

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