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Understanding the Nuances of Climate Change in the Indian Subcontinent: Cohort 3.0

The six-day programme, “Understanding the Nuances of Climate Change in the Indian Subcontinent: Cohort 3.0,” organised by IMPRI’s Centre for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development (CECCSD), brought together speakers from different academic and professional backgrounds to discuss the changing climate landscape of India and, more broadly, the wider South Asian region. The sessions covered a wide range of issues, from the science of climate change and sustainable development to energy transitions and climate finance. What made the event particularly relevant was the way these discussions gradually moved from understanding the problem to looking at how the government, institutions, civil societies and communities can respond to it.

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Unlocking Credit Mobility: Analyzing RBI Directives on Pre-Payment Charges for MSE Loans

Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) represent the engine of India’s credit growth, industrial expansion, and formal employment generation (Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises [MSME], 2020; Reserve Bank of India, 2023). However, MSEs have operated under structural financial disadvantages, particularly regarding debt flexibility and capital mobility.

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National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID) 2021:Can It Bridge India’s Financing Gap?

India’s journey towards Viksit Bharat 2047 will be built as much on the quality of its infrastructure as on the size of its economy. Roads, railways, ports, energy systems, urban networks and digital infrastructure form the productive backbone through which investment translates into productivity and competitiveness. Yet this ambition faces a less visible constraint: the availability of finance that matches the scale, risk and time horizon of infrastructure projects. India’s infrastructure-financing landscape is gradually shifting from historical dependence on bank credit towards a more diversified ecosystem of non-bank finance and capital-market instruments.

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Solar Resilience: The Indian Model | Evaluating ALMM and PLI Frameworks

Before the concept of "solar energy" became a focus of governmental policies, sunlight was viewed as currency. Calendars were designed around the position of the sun. Temples were constructed facing the sun and economies would wait for seasonal changes in sunlight. While the physical properties of the sun have remained unchanged. It is the mechanism developed by humans to collect sunlight, and whether or not those mechanisms are owned domestically has changed.

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Ecomark Rules, 2024: Strengthening India’s Framework for Sustainable Consumption

Policy UpdateSaachi Saxena Background Environmental policy is moving beyond regulating factories and emissions towards influencing what consumers buy and what firms produce. The Ecomark Rules, 2024, represent this shift in India by attempting to use product information and certification as…

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Shared River, Stalled Promise: The Mahakali Treaty Revisited (1996)

The Mahakali Treaty of 1996, formally the “Treaty between His Majesty's Government of Nepal and the Government of India Concerning the Integrated Development of the Mahakali River including Sarada Barrage, Tanakpur Barrage and Pancheshwar Project”, was signed in New Delhi on 12 February 1996 and entered into force on 5 June 1997. It runs for 75 years, with a review mandated every ten years or earlier if either side requests it. The treaty also established a joint Mahakali River Commission to oversee implementation and resolve disputes (Government of India [GoI] and Government of Nepal [GoN], 1996).

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