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Insights, a blog published by IMPRI.

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Real Estate Investment Trusts in India (2014)

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) allow investors to participate in income-generating real estate without directly purchasing or managing properties. They pool capital and invest in assets such as office buildings and retail properties. Investors hold units in the trust and may receive distributions from the income generated by its underlying assets.

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Infrastructure Investment Trusts (2014)

Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) allow investors to participate in infrastructure assets without having to own or manage projects directly. These trusts pool capital and invest in assets such as highways, power transmission networks and renewable energy infrastructure. Investors purchase units in the trust and may receive distributions from the cash flows generated by its assets.

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National Investigation Agency (NIA) Digital Investigation Infrastructure: Strengthening Technology-Enabled Counter-Terrorism Investigation

Terrorism and other offences affecting national security increasingly involve complex networks operating across State boundaries and international jurisdictions. Investigations may require the examination of financial transactions, communication records, digital devices, online activity and links between individuals, organisations and suspected criminal networks. When relevant information is distributed across multiple agencies and jurisdictions, investigators may face difficulties in connecting evidence, identifying wider conspiracies and developing a comprehensive understanding of a case.

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Chief Minister’s Atmanirbhar Asom Abhiyaan (CMAAA): Assam’s Flagship Self-Employment Scheme for Youth

Unemployment is a key structural constraint on economic development. It is the condition in which members of the labour force, able and willing to work at the prevailing wage, cannot find gainful employment. Educated unemployment is especially significant in developing economies. It arises from a mismatch between higher-education output and labour-market absorption, which leaves graduates openly unemployed or underemployed and wastes the human capital invested in them.

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SEBI’s Mutual Fund Lite Framework (2025)

A fund that tracks an index does not make the same investment decisions as a fund whose manager actively selects securities, yet both have historically faced the same regulatory requirements. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) introduced the Mutual Fund Lite (MF Lite) framework to address this, creating a separate, lighter-touch regulatory route for passively managed schemes.

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