Category Policy Update

Agroforestry-Based Policy Interventions for Climate-Resilient Dryland Agriculture in India

Insights, Agriculture, Food, Nutrition Security and Rural Development, Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Policy Update

Dryland agriculture sustains nearly half of India’s cultivated area and supports the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers. Yet, it remains one of the most vulnerable sectors in the face of climate change — grappling with unpredictable rainfall, rising temperatures, frequent droughts, and land degradation. In this context, agroforestry emerges not only as a pragmatic farming practice, but also as a strategic policy imperative to build climate-resilient dryland systems that enhance productivity, ecological balance, and rural livelihoods.

IMPRI Desk
January 14, 2026

Food Fortification Politics in India: Policy, Performance, and the Persistent Challenge of Hidden Hunger (2026)

Insights, Agriculture, Food, Nutrition Security and Rural Development, Policy Update

Food fortification is scientifically defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as the practice of deliberately increasing the content of one or more essential micronutrients (i.e. minerals and vitamins, including trace elements) in a food so as to improve the nutritional quality of the food supply and provide a public health benefit with minimal risk to health. From the purview of public policy in the Indian context, it deals with the state intervention or government efforts to combat malnutrition and other deficiencies via structured public policy schemes in the food sector.

IMPRI Desk
January 12, 2026

India–Israel Agri-Tech Innovations and Start-up Exchange: A Partnership for Sustainable Growth (2025)

Policy Update, Agriculture, Food, Nutrition Security and Rural Development, Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, Center for Work and Welfare, Economy and Infrastructure, Entrepreneurship, ICT and Innovation, Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Insights, International Relations and Strategic Studies, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Public Finances and Macroeconomics, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes, Science and Technology, Special Initiatives

The economic relationship between India and Israel has evolved strategically, moving beyond the traditional defence-centric ties to encompass high-technology sectors like cyber, water management, and most significantly, Agri-Tech. This partnership leverages Israel's cutting-edge agricultural innovation and India's massive scale, diverse market, and vast talent pool, creating a powerful synergy for sustainable and inclusive growth.

IMPRI Desk
January 12, 2026

India-France: Co-Producing Cinema for Global Audiences

Policy Update, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, Insights, International Relations and Strategic Studies

While India and France have a deep cultural association, the film alliance between them has only clearly formed over the recent decades. What began as an occasional exchange of films between film societies in the 1950s culminated in a formal relationship when the two governments signed an audiovisual co-production agreement in 1985.

IMPRI Desk
January 5, 2026

From Relief to Reform to Resilience: Assessing PM-SVANidhi’s Policy Trajectory

Insights, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, Center for Work and Welfare, Governance and Law, IMPRI Research, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Policy Briefs, Policy Update, Social Sector

When we speak of successful government initiatives of the past decade, popular missions like the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) usually dominates the conversation. Yet, quietly, another programme has been impacting the lives of the millions of India’s urban street vendors, who sustain the everyday economy of Indian cities.

IMPRI Desk
January 3, 2026

Interpreting the Rupee’s Decline: Trade Strategy and Export Incentives

Insights, Economy and Infrastructure, Governance and Law, IMPRI Research, International Relations and Strategic Studies, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Policy Briefs, Policy Update, Public Finances and Macroeconomics, Research

The government's chief economic advisor, V Anantha Nageswaran, says he is not losing sleep over the falling rupee. We wish him long nights of peaceful rest and restoration. While the government and the RBl rest, the rupee will be hard at work, to give some respite to our exporters hit hard by Trumpian tariffs.

IMPRI Desk and IMPRI Desk
January 3, 2026

India–Brazil: Biofuels and Sustainable Aviation Fuel Cooperation

Policy Update, Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, Economy and Infrastructure, Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, IMPRI Research, International Relations and Strategic Studies, Research

India and Brazil are natural partners in the low-carbon bioenergy transition. Brazil has decades of experience in large-scale biofuel deployment, most famously its sugarcane-based ethanol program and a mature flex-fuel vehicle market, while India has moved aggressively in recent years to scale ethanol blending and to develop policy frameworks for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The two countries formalized energy and biofuel cooperation through a series of memoranda and joint statements: New Delhi's Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and its Brazilian counterparts highlighted SAF and biofuel collaboration in a joint statement on 21 September 2024, and broader bioenergy MOUs and bilateral instruments between India and Brazil date back several years and were reiterated during high-level exchanges in 2024–2025.

IMPRI Desk
December 31, 2025