Category Insights

Insights, a blog published by IMPRI.

Direct Benefit Transfer 2.0: Transforming Welfare Delivery in India

Insights, Center for the Study for Finance and Economics, Center for Work and Welfare, Policy Update

India's Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) system marks a transformative step in public service delivery. It aims to fundamentally reshape how welfare benefits reach citizens. Introduced about a decade ago, DBT was designed to directly credit government subsidies into the bank or postal accounts of accurately identified beneficiaries. The system's core innovation lies in the JAM trinity—Jan Dhan bank accounts, Aadhaar unique IDs, and mobile phones—which enabled massive-scale, targeted, and transparent transfers.

IMPRI Desk
August 4, 2025

Evaluating Healthcare Access for Trans Women and Gender-Fluid AFAB Individuals within India’s Cisgender Policy Framework

Insights, Center for Work and Welfare, Gender Impact Studies Center, Gender, Pluralism and Social Inclusion

The term “transgender” is used to describe individuals whose innate sense of one’s gender, expression, or behaviour is not in alignment with the sociocultural expectations emerging from the gender assigned to them at birth, legally and medically. [1] The term “AFAB” is an acronym meaning “Assigned Female at Birth"; it describes individuals who were assigned female at birth based on certain characteristics of their bodies at birth.

IMPRI Desk
August 3, 2025

India’s Drone Policy 2018: Civil Aviation Requirements for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems

Insights, IMPRI Research, Policy Update, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes, Science and Technology

The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has finally announced its policy for remotely piloted aircraft or drones on 27th August, 2018.

IMPRI Desk
August 3, 2025

India’s Aviation Climate Agenda 2025: Status and Strategy

Insights, Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, IMPRI Research, Policy Briefs, Research, Science and Technology

The aviation sector in India is surging; it is determined, sometimes unpredictable, and a dawning responsibility. The specter of carbon emissions shadows every triumphant data point on air connectivity, every new airport or new aircraft order.

IMPRI Desk
August 3, 2025

India’s Eco-Tourism Policy 2024: A Step Towards Sustainable Tourism and Conservation

Insights, Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Economy and Infrastructure, Policy Update

n a nation celebrated for its sprawling forests, snow-laden peaks, winding rivers, and cultural diversity, the interaction between development and conservation remains complex. Tourism carries potential for both resource stewardship and resource depletion. In 2022-23, it contributed 5% to the national GDP. India’s Eco-Tourism Policy, drafted in 2018 and implemented in 2024, focuses on promoting sustainable and responsible tourism in ecologically sensitive areas.

IMPRI Desk
August 3, 2025

Ministry of Cooperation’s Role in Reinvigorating India’s Cooperative Sector

Insights, Center for the Study for Finance and Economics, Policy Update

Ministry, "Sahkar Se Samriddhi" (Prosperity through Cooperation), is clear in the Government of India's commitment to strengthen the cooperatives at the primary, district, state and multi-state levels, in a way which will facilitate and promote inclusive socio-economic development .

IMPRI Desk
August 3, 2025

Transforming Indian Aviation Through the National Civil Aviation Policy (NCAP), 2016

Insights, Policy Briefs, Policy Update, Science and Technology, Special Initiatives

The National Civil Aviation Policy (NCAP) 2016, which the Union Cabinet approved on June 15, 2016, was India’s first-ever integrated aviation policy since Independence. At that time, the aviation sector was not performing to its full potential. It was only the tenth-largest market globally, despite India having several advantages.

IMPRI Desk
August 3, 2025