How Big Shifts Are Remaking the World
A remarkable feature of the world in the wake of President Trump’s assault on the global trading and security system is the resilience of global interdependence.
IMPRI Desk
FDI in E-commerce Inventory Can Work—If It’s Export-Focused
The government is considering allowing e-commerce companies with foreign direct investment to hold inventory, strictly for the purpose of exports. This is welcome. The government should go ahead and convert the proposal into policy action.
Inside the Four Labour Codes: Implications for India’s Workforce
This event report documents the IMPRI webinar on “Inside the Four Labour Codes,” examining the objectives, scope, and implications of India’s recent labour law reforms for workers, employers, and labour governance.
Analysing impacts of policies to combating air pollution and lives of women in Delhi
Delhi has become a centre of controversy and politics for the continuously rising and persisting levels of high AQI. Rising vehicular emission, industrial expansion, burning of stubble, etc. remains to be the prime suspected reason for this. States keep blaming each other for transmitting it with lesser stricter action against polluters.
Cities Under Siege:Centralised Power and the Erosion of Urban Voice
On a humid August morning, Washington DC awoke to the sight of National Guard convoys rumbling through its avenues. United States President Donald Trump had invoked a rarely used clause of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, taking direct control of the capital’s police and declaring a ‘crime emergency’.
Municipal Insolvency in India: The Missing Link in Urban Governance Reform
The proposed Municipal Solvency Act aims to address India's lack of legal clarity on city bankruptcies, ensuring predictable debt resolution and boosting municipal creditworthiness.