Category IMPRI Research

The Smart City Mission in Srinagar and Jammu 2017: A Comparative Assessment of Urban Transformation.

Center for Human Dignity and Development, Center for Work and Welfare, IMPRI Research, Policy Briefs, Policy Update, Research, Urbanization, Habitat, Transportation and Regional Development

The Smart City Mission (SCM) was initiated by the Government of India in 2015 as a transformative urban renewal programme to develop 100 cities across the country into inclusive, sustainable, and technologically advanced hubs. The mission’s core objective is to provide citizens with high-quality core infrastructure, a clean environment, and "smart" solutions that optimize urban functions, such as data-driven resource management and enhanced service delivery.

IMPRI Desk
August 8, 2026

Sephora, cosmeticorexia and the influencer threat to media

Insights, Center for ICT for Development, IMPRI Research

TK Arun The rise of the influencer represents yet another claimant to the advertising budget, increasingly diverting revenue away from traditional media to their detrimentThe Italian competition regulator is investigating cosmetics brands Sephora and Benefit over marketing skincare to young…

IMPRI Desk
April 22, 2026

Conserving Energy Early Is India’s Best Insurance, But Elections Are Delaying Tough Calls

Insights, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, IMPRI Research, International Relations and Strategic Studies

TK Arun The US-Israeli war on Iran continues, with Iranian cities being bombed regularly and Iran retaliating intermittently with missiles that should not have been launched if American President Donald Trump’s claim of having obliterated Iran’s missile launch capability were…

IMPRI Desk and TK Arun
April 18, 2026

Migrant Worker Crisis : The Backbone of the Indian Economy

Center for Work and Welfare, Centres, IMPRI Research, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being

Anish Pujapanda Introduction The term migrant in India as per the Census 2011 is defined as the household member whose last usual place of residence differed from the current place of enumeration .Migrant labours workers play one of the most…

IMPRI Desk
April 7, 2026

Border Roads Organization

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

Policy UpdateAnish Pujapanda Background The Border Roads Organisation is one of the statutory bodies or regulated bodies which is under the ownership of the Ministry of Defence which comes under the Union Government of India.The BRO’s develops and looks to…

IMPRI Desk
April 4, 2026

Small Saving Schemes

Policy Update, Center for the Study for Finance and Economics, IMPRI Research, Insights, Public Finances and Macroeconomics

Policy Update Anish Pujapanda Background Saving Schemes can be traced back to the pre – colonial eras, where there was a launch of the Post Office Savings Bank in 1882 to democratise banking, making the savings across India’s vast postal…

IMPRI Desk
April 4, 2026

Imprisoned Without Conviction: India’s Undertrial Crisis and the Urgency of Reform

Insights, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Governance and Law, IMPRI Research, International Relations and Strategic Studies

Shakil Ahmed India’s criminal justice system confines 4,34,302 of its 5,73,220 prisoners without conviction the largest undertrial population in the world. This article examines the structural governance failures driving this crisis: an acute judicial capacity deficit, a bail framework that punishes poverty,…

IMPRI Desk
March 31, 2026