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Digital Agriculture Mission 2024: Building India’s Digital Farming Infrastructure

Policy Update, Agriculture, Food, Nutrition Security and Rural Development, Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Economy and Infrastructure, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes

India's agricultural policy has long faced a fundamental information challenge. While the government may determine the types of assistance to provide, identifying who is engaged in farming, the locations of agricultural activity, the crops cultivated, and the specific support required has necessitated reliance on multiple, disconnected records. Land records, crop surveys, beneficiary databases, weather data, and scheme records have historically operated within separate administrative systems.(Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, 2022).

IMPRI Desk
September 2, 2026

Strengthening Examination Integrity: Examining the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Act, 2026

Policy Update, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Governance and Law, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes

Public examinations determine more than the test of academic capability. For millions of students, examinations determine access to higher education, government employment, and social mobility. Any kind of unfair practices in the public examination process therefore affects not only individual candidates but also public confidence in the state's mechanism.

IMPRI Desk
September 2, 2026

Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme August 2026 approvals

Deeper Value Chains: Analyzing MeitY’s August 2026 Approvals Under India’s Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS)

Policy Update, Economy and Infrastructure, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes, Science and Technology

India’s electronics sector has undergone rapid expansion over the past decade, transforming the country into one of the world's largest assembly hubs for finished consumer devices. However, this expansion historically relied on downstream Assembly, Testing, Marking, and Packaging (ATMP) operations, leaving the underlying value chain heavily dependent on imported sub-assemblies, passive components, and upstream raw materials.

IMPRI Desk
September 1, 2026

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RBI’s Exchange Rate Management Policy: Defending the Rupee Amid the West Asia Oil Shock

Policy Update, Center for the Study for Finance and Economics, Public Finances and Macroeconomics

On February 28, 2026, war broke out in West Asia after the United States and Israel launched a coordinated large-scale air campaign across Iran, reigniting long-standing regional tensions. The conflict quickly escalated, with Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic maritime channel connecting the oil-rich Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. More than 20 percent of global oil and liquefied natural gas exports pass through the strait, making it one of the world's most critical energy corridors and particularly important for Asian economies such as India.

IMPRI Desk
September 1, 2026

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Reimagining Retirement Security: The Evolution of India’s National Pension Scheme Since 2004

Center for Work and Welfare, Governance and Law, Policy Update, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes

The National Pension System (NPS) was notified by the Ministry of Finance on 22 December 2003 and became effective from 1 January 2004. Originally introduced as the New Pension Scheme, it was designed as a new defined contribution system to replace the traditional defined benefit Old Pension Scheme (OPS) for new government recruits and represents a major shift in India’s approach to old-age income security.

IMPRI Desk
September 1, 2026

National Cyber Coordination Centre India and proactive cyber defence

National Cyber Coordination Centre: Evaluating India’s Approach to Proactive Cyber Defence

Science and Technology, Center for ICT for Development, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, Policy Update

The modern international security context demands a reconsideration of the ideas and institutions that have traditionally governed statecraft and national security. Traditional security thinking focused primarily on state security, identifiable adversary states, military means, territorial defence, and deterrence.

IMPRI Desk
September 1, 2026

Himachal Pradesh Departments Schemes Update 2026

Policy Update, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Himachal Pradesh attained full statehood on 25 January 1971. Its administrative system has evolved over time to encompass a wide range of functions, from long-established welfare, revenue and development responsibilities to newer areas such as digital governance, environmental management and climate change.

IMPRI Desk
August 31, 2026