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Insights, a blog published by IMPRI.

New Parliament Defiled by Inaction on Sexual Harassment

Insights, Governance and Law

Monday’s cartoon by EP Unny in the Indian Express compares the geometry of the new Parliament building with that of Jantar Mantar, for long the national capital’s favourite protest site. The juxtaposition is more than appropriate, given the recent developments. Even as the new Parliament building was being inaugurated, women wrestlers and their supporters protesting against alleged sexual harassment were roughed up and their protest site at Jantar Mantar cleared.

IMPRI, TK Arun and vaishali singh
May 31, 2023

₹2,000 notes: Another Costly Mistake

Insights, Center for the Study for Finance and Economics, Economy and Infrastructure, In News

The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) announcement of withdrawal from circulation of the ₹2,000 currency notes has caused much incredulity. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin quipped, “500 doubts, 1,000 mysteries and 2,000 blunders”, and Rajya Sabha member P. Chidambaram said, “Demonetisation has come full circle”. The Union government has distanced itself from the decision by letting the RBI announce it.

IMPRI, Arun Kumar and upasana
May 31, 2023

SC Committee on Adani Matter Has Failed The Nation

Insights, Center for the Study for Finance and Economics

The corporate members of the expert committee could have exposed much more of the wrongdoings but they have chosen to be formalistic. So, an opportunity to expose and clean up corporate manipulations has been missed.

IMPRI, Arun Kumar and vaishali singh
May 30, 2023

Taxing gaming is no child’s play

Insights, Center for the Study for Finance and Economics, Public Finances and Macroeconomics

Indian agriculture is a gamble on the Monsoon. This cliché would have been sufficient ground for the Goods and Services Tax authorities to slap a tax of 28 per cent on the value of crop output if agriculture had not been kept out of the ambit of GST.

IMPRI, TK Arun and upasana
May 28, 2023

Pink Tax-Rising Gender Disparity

Policy Update, Insights

In history, the color pink was commonly worn by men and the ornamentation of masculine attire with embroidered flowers was not unusual as a result color pink didn't always symbolize femininity. Pink wasn’t a ‘girly’ color until World War- II (Stamberg, 2014).

IMPRI, Bhanvi and Samriddhi
May 26, 2023

US Hit the Debt Ceiling: Rising Alarm to Budget Deficit

Insights, Center for the Study for Finance and Economics, Economy and Infrastructure

The US hit the debt ceiling of $31.4 trillion on January 19 and as early as June 1, the US government may run out of money to pay its bills if Congress does not raise or suspend the debt ceiling. US treasury secretary Janet Yellen reaffirmed that defaulting on the US debt obligation would be a “catastrophe” and would put into question Washington’s “global economic leadership”. The debt ceiling refers to the maximum amount of money the government can borrow to meet its financial obligations.

IMPRI, Nilanjan Banik and Bhanvi
May 26, 2023