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Insights, a blog published by IMPRI.

The Manufacturing Mission (2025-26): Furthering ‘Make in India’

The ‘National Manufacturing Mission’ introduced in the Union Budget 2025-2026 by the Finance and Ccorporate Minister, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, is an extension to the ‘Make in India’ Project launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014. Despite progressive results from “Make in India”, several structural challenges persist- such as inadequate infrastructure, complex regulations, and reliance on imports for critical components. 

The Varma Cash Controversy: Four Unsettling Scenarios and Their Dark Impact on India’s Economy

There are four distinct possibilities regarding the source of the cash allegedly found at Justice Varma’s residence. Irrespective of whether it belongs to him or not, the implications on the common litigant’s trust over the judicial system are serious. India’s black economy, a complex enmeshment of political and corporate actors, has manifested itself through this scandal of our times.

The butterfly effect in the White House: Trump’s tariff policies and its global impact

When a butterfly flaps its wings, it could cause a tornado someplace else, suggested MIT meteorologist Edward Lorenz 50 years ago, after noting that rounding off a number to three decimal places, in the computer model of 12 parameters he was running to forecast weather patterns over the next two months, produced a result vastly different from the one he had got when he used the full number running to six decimal places. What Lorenz failed to foresee was that if the insect flapping its wings was situated in the White House, the chaotic effect would be magnified many times over. Initial conditions really do matter.

Tesla’s Tumult: How Elon Musk’s Politics Are Driving the Company Off Course

Tesla shares are at a five-month low, Tesla showrooms are being vandalized in different parts of the United States, Tesla cybertrucks have been set on fire in Seattle, its sales are down in the US as well as in Europe. That President Trump has bought a Tesla car might seem like good news, consisting of support at the highest level. But that might only serve to worsen Tesla’s fortunes.

Gyan Bharatam Mission (2025): Digitizing India’s Manuscript Heritage

Gyan Bharatam Mission is a visionary mission launched by the Indian government, which aims to revive and allow universal access to the manuscript heritage of India. In the Union budget of India 2025-26 presented on 1st February 2025, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the launch of the Gyan Bharatam Mission to safeguard the manuscripts containing ancient India’s diverse and valuable knowledge through digitization and making them available for posterity. 

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