Insights, a blog published by IMPRI.
The India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP) was launched in March 2019 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC). It provides a 20-year roadmap to ensure that the country’s growing cooling needs are met in a sustainable, affordable, and efficient way. Cooling demand in India is rising rapidly because of factors like urbanisation, rising income levels, population growth, and climate change.
The 2025 Nobel Prize for Economics has gone to three economists — two of them based in the US, although neither is US-born, and the third, in France — ‘for having explained innovation-driven economic growth’.
Urban India generates nearly two-thirds of the national GDP, yet its municipalities control less than one per cent of the country’s tax revenue. Indian cities are not generating revenue, not because they are inefficient, but because the fiscal architecture has failed them. Today, municipal finance is dependent on intergovernmental transfers, loans, and schemes. The core of the problem lies in the centralisation of taxation powers.
Dr. Manorama Bakshi I still remember an elderly man I met years ago in a small village outside Jaisalmer. He showed me his box of blood pressure pills ; the familiar purple and white of a trusted Indian brand. “This,”…
TK ARUN Trump seeks a Nobel for a hollow peace deal, while India’s cricket win turns petty—both confuse theatrics with strategy. The US government has shut down, Democrats refusing to give in to MAGA blackmail. Democrats are sticking to the…
Tuba Athar In Seelampur, play happens between two parked scooters, between caution and curiosity. When a vehicle passes, the game pauses. The city moves on, childhood waits. The forgotten citizens of urban India The moment I entered the lanes of…
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) impacts countless women in India, yet our understanding often remains trapped in clinical jargon. This is more than just a medical condition; it is a socially constructed illness and lived experience deeply intertwined with our deep-rooted societal expectations, structural inequalities shaped by caste, class, and gender, and policy shortcomings. Despite its prevalence, existing research predominantly emphasizes biomedical and clinical dimensions, neglecting subjective narratives and sociocultural contexts.