Category Center for the Study for Finance and Economics

GST Cuts and the Illusion of Relief Amidst Global Tariffs

Insights, Center for the Study for Finance and Economics, Economy and Infrastructure, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes

The recent Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate cuts in India have come against the backdrop of U.S. President Donald Trump's penal tariffs. On August 7, Trump signed an executive order imposing an additional 25% tariff on certain Indian goods so that these exports would now face at least 50% tariffs, compared to 30% on Chinese exports and 19% on Bangladeshi exports. Naturally, India's competitors stand to benefit, while Indian exports would decline sharply.

IMPRI Desk and Arun Kumar
March 20, 2026

External Partnerships vs. Internal Divisions: A Sovereignty Paradox

Public Finances and Macroeconomics, Agriculture, Food, Nutrition Security and Rural Development, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Center for ICT for Development, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, Center for the Study for Finance and Economics, Economy and Infrastructure, Entrepreneurship, ICT and Innovation, Insights, International Relations and Strategic Studies, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes

TK Arun Beyond concessions, deal improves market access, strengthens strategic signalling; it could catalyse India Inc’s adaptation to era of AI and machines that embody AI. It will come as a surprise only to the politically naïve that the India-US…

IMPRI Desk and TK Arun
March 16, 2026

India’s Health Budget and the Urgent Need for Stronger Lung Cancer Policies

Center for Human Dignity and Development, Center for the Study for Finance and Economics, Center for Work and Welfare, Economy and Infrastructure, Insights, Public Finances and Macroeconomics, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes

Urvashi Prasad India’s Union Health Budget 2026-27 and the release of the country’s first evidence based lung cancer guidelines have sparked important conversations about whether our health system is keeping pace with global standards. These announcements are not just policy…

IMPRI Desk
March 16, 2026

Green Power for Farms: India’s Next Reform Frontier

Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Agriculture, Food, Nutrition Security and Rural Development, Center for the Study for Finance and Economics, Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being

Here is a wish list of policy reforms that India desperately needs, and will give coherence to what has already been implemented. Some have been promised by the government but have not been delivered. Some merely need to leverage existing policy infrastructure and institutions.

IMPRI Desk and TK Arun
March 15, 2026

Selective Regulation: Why Power Escapes but Gig Workers Don’t

Insights, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Center for the Study for Finance and Economics, Center for Work and Welfare, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes

What do you call someone who comes down like a tonne of bricks on ambitious youngsters with career aspirations but crumbles like a cookie in the face of a market-leading company flexing its dominance? The rest of the world terms them bullies. In India, we call them regulators.