Category Economy and Infrastructure

Union Budget 2026–27: India’s Budget Masks Jobs And Growth Faultlines

The IMPRI Center for the Study of Finance and Economics (CSFE), Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, hosted an interactive panel discussion on “Indian Economy and Union Budget 2026–27” on February 7, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. IST under IMPRI’s 7th Annual Series of Thematic Deliberations and Analysis of Union Budget 2026–27, bringing together leading economists and policy researchers to examine the growth outlook, fiscal strategy, labour-market pressures and structural reforms embedded in the latest Budget.

What’s wrong with the SHANTI Act and how it can be fixed

What’s wrong with the SHANTI Act and how it can be fixed

The government should have referred the Bill to a parliamentary committee to iron out differences, instead of using its legislative majority to pass it as introduced.

Trump’s Venezuela gambit revives naked American imperialism

Trump’s Venezuela gambit revives naked American imperialism

TK Arun Washington’s intervention undermines sovereignty norms, destabilises Latin America, weakens Europe’s moral case on Ukraine; it’s high time India spoke up Watch out, Denmark and Greenland! Imperialism rides again! That might have sounded facetious or as an exaggeration till…

Financial Risk and Power Politics: The Yen Carry Trade in Trump’s Worldview

The Yen Carry Trade, a Piano and Trump’s World View

When the Bank of Japan raises its policy rate to 0.75%, that unsettles global finance, accustomed as the world is to borrowing ultra-cheap in yen and investing in assets denominated in other currencies, the yields in whose economies are significantly higher than in Japan.

Union Budget 2026–27: A Rural Push with Constrained Structural Impact

The IMPRI Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies (CHURS), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, hosted an interactive panel discussion on “Rural Realities and Union Budget 2025-2026” on February 4, 2025 (Wednesday) at 11:30 a.m. IST under IMPRI’s 6th Annual Series of Thematic Deliberations and Analysis of Interim Union Budget 2025-26, as part of IMPRI, bringing together leading economists and policy researchers to assess how the latest Budget addresses rural livelihoods, agriculture, gender equity and employment generation.

Union Budget 2026-27: Cities, Local Governance, and Union Budget

The IMPRI IMPRI Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies (CHURS), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, hosted an interactive panel discussion on “Cities, Local Governance and Union Budget 2026-27” on February 4, 2026  (Wednesday) at 6:30 p.m. IST under IMPRI 7th Annual Series of Thematic Deliberations and Analysis of Union Budget 2026-27.

Union Budget 2026–27: Employment, Inequality and the Future of Work in India

The IMPRI Center for Work and Welfare (CWW), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, hosted an interactive panel discussion on “Employment, Livelihoods, and Union Budget 2026-27" on February 3, 2026 (Tuesday) at 6:30 p.m. IST under IMPRI’s 7th Annual Series of Thematic Deliberations and Analysis of Union Budget 2026-27.

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