Category Panel Discussion

EPA 2024

India-Sri Lanka Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) 2024: Strengthening Economic and Strategic Partnership

The EPA signed in 2024 emerged from the context not merely as a recovery mechanism for Sri Lanka, but as a test case for India’s evolving regional economic diplomacy. As someone seeking to understand how bilateral cooperation is shaped by mutual dependency, geopolitical calculations and economic leverage. This agreement offers a timely lens in  which to explore the political economy of regional integration. Hence, this article attempts to examine the EPA not just as a policy document, but as a strategic narrative. Critics question  whether it reflects a shift toward mutualism or masks deeper asymmetries beneath an ambitious framework.

The Environment and the Union Budget 2025-26

The Environment and the Union Budget 2025-26

As part of IMPRI's 6th Annual Series of Thematic Deliberations and Analysis of the Union Budget 2025-26, the IMPRI Center for Environment, Climate Change, and Sustainable Development (CECCSD) organized a thematic discussion on The Environment and the Union Budget 2025-26.

India’s Defence and Foreign Policy in the Union Budget 2025-26: Strategic Allocations and Global Implications

IMPRI Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, hosted a panel discussion on ‘Defence, Foreign Policy, and the Union Budget 2025-26’ under its 6th Annual Series of Thematic Deliberations and Analysis of the Interim Union Budget 2025-26.  

Rural Realities and Union Budget 2025-26

Rural Realities and the Union Budget 2025-26

The IMPRI Center for Habitat, Urban, and Regional Studies (CHURS), New Delhi, hosted a panel discussion on February 5, 2025, as part of its 6th Annual Series on the Thematic Deliberations and Analysis of the Union Budget 2025-26. The session, titled Rural Realities and Union Budget 2025-26, focused on the challenges and opportunities facing rural India, particularly in the context of the government’s budgetary proposals and their potential impact on agriculture, rural employment, and development.

Urban Development in Focus: Insights and Concerns on the Union Budget 2025-26

The IMPRI Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies (CHURS), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, hosted an engaging panel discussion on “Cities, Local Governance, and Union Budget 2025–26” on February 5, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. IST, as part of IMPRI’s 6th Annual Series of Thematic Deliberations and Analysis of the Union Budget. This session brought together leading policymakers, urban experts, and academics to examine the implications of the Union Budget on urban development, governance, and sustainability in India, offering key insights and recommendations for future urban policy reforms.

Healthcare as an Investment, Not an Expense: Experts Call for Bold Reforms at IMPRI’s Budget Deliberation

New Delhi, February 4, 2025 – The Centre for Human Dignity and Development (CHDD), in collaboration with IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, hosted an insightful panel discussion on Population Health and Union Budget 2025-26 as part of the IMPRI 6th Annual Series of Thematic Deliberations and Analysis of Union Budget 2025-26.

Talk to Us