Insights, a blog published by IMPRI.
Chintamani Mahapatra At the time of the 2020 election campaigns as well as in his inaugural speech, Biden made several promises to the American electorate, but most of them have remained unfulfilled. He vowed to reunite the country that was…
Anil Trigunayat On January 27, PM Modi will be virtually hosting the leaders from Central Asian countries (CARs) in a first-ever Summit as they celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. C5 constitutes Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,…
Sanjay Kumar, Chandrachur Singh Come elections, and defections and desertions become the flavor of the season. The assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh (UP) and four other states aren’t exceptions. Over the past few weeks, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minister…
Anondeeta Chakraborty The idea behind materializing the Poshan Abhiyaan lies in the NITI Aayog’s report on National Nutrition Strategy published in September 2017. The report has been beneficial in showcasing a minute analysis of the problems related to nutritional intake…
Santosh Mehrotra In 1955, the share of the population below the poverty line (NSS 1955) in Uttar Pradesh was 64%, not too different from that in the Madras State (present-day Tamil Nadu), at 73.6%, or in West Bengal, at 53.6%.…
A. Amarender Reddy THE upcoming Union Budget offers a good opportunity to build trust between the government and the farmers. Many farmers are facing three age-old problems — low prices, low yields, and low income. Successive governments are trying to…
Manoj Misra As a commoner, my minimum expectation from any official report prepared using my tax money would be to see that the report makes good sense. Good sense does not necessarily mean good news though. Even if the report…