Category Policy Briefs

Comprehensive Analysis of East Delhi Hub Integrated Development, Karkardooma 2019

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East Delhi Hub is conceptualized to be a new Transit Oriented Development (TOD) that imbibes the core values of a sustainable “Smart City”. This is the flagship project being designed with NBCC (India) Limited. NBCC aims to create integrated urban spaces with residential, working, and leisure spaces within walking distance of each other and public transport. It is aimed at improving self-sustainability, encouraging public transport and walking and optimising density.

IMPRI Desk
June 24, 2025

Bridging Barriers: Evaluating Dr. Ambedkar’s Interest Subsidy Scheme for OBC & EBC Overseas Education-2017

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The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment initiated the plan in 2017 for the purpose of eliminating any financial barriers for able students from the Central List of Other Backward Classes (OBCs), who are Economically Backward Classes (EBCs)

IMPRI Desk
June 18, 2025

Empowering India’s Electronics Supply Chain: The Role of SPECS, 2020

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The Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and Semiconductors (SPECS), launched by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in April 2020, is a significant policy lever under the National Policy on Electronics (NPE) 2019. India's electronics sector is likely to grow to USD 300 billion by 2026 (MeitY Vision Document, 2022), but 85–90% of electronic components continue to be imported, exposing severe risks to supply chain sovereignty, cost competitiveness, and strategic autonomy.

IMPRI Desk
June 17, 2025

Unveiling the Developmental Trajectory of North East India: A Study on the Lump Sum Provision Scheme (2001-2002)

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The historic challenges faced by the North Eastern Region (NER) are due to its geographical isolation, infrastructure deficits, and socio-political complexities. To address such things, the Government of India introduced the Lump Sum Provision Scheme in the financial year 2001-2002

IMPRI Desk
May 30, 2025

DigiLocker (2015): India’s Paperless Document Wallet

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Launched on 1st July 2015 as part of the Digital India initiative, DigiLocker is the flagship initiative of the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY)

IMPRI Desk
May 20, 2025

Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (2001): Strengthening India’s Northeastern Integration

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The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) was established in September 2001 to rectify the fragmentary planning and uneven growth in eight north-eastern states of India

IMPRI Desk
May 17, 2025

From Rajiv Awas Yojana (2011) to Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana PMAY (2015): The Evolution of Urban Housing in India

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With a lack of economic opportunities in rural India, India faces a critical problem of rapid urbanisation, driven by migration at a rate of 30 people per minute. In 2011, 30% of India’s population lived in urban areas

IMPRI Desk
May 10, 2025