Category Governance and Law

Union Budget 2026-2027: Growth Hype Masks Widening Inequality Gap

Insights, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Gender, Pluralism and Social Inclusion, Governance and Law, Panel Discussion

The IMPRI Gender Impact Studies Centre (GISC), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, hosted an insightful panel discussion and critically examined how the Union Budget addresses women, children, marginalised communities; highlighting expansions in gender allocation and areas of stagnation in welfare and care-related spending on “Gender, Social Inclusion and Union Budget 2026-2027” on February 6, 2026 (Friday) at 3:00 p.m. IST under IMPRI’s 7th Annual Series of Thematic Deliberations and Analysis of Union Budget 2026-2027, as part of IMPRI.

IMPRI Desk
February 7, 2026

Leadership, Legitimacy and the Future of Congress Party

Leadership, Legitimacy, and the Future of the Congress Party

Insights, Governance and Law

The reason the RSS succeeds in spreading its toxic ideology is that it works round the clock, relentlessly focused on its mission, unlike most political parties

IMPRI Desk and TK Arun
February 7, 2026

Union Budget 2026-27: Cities, Local Governance, and Union Budget

Insights, Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Economy and Infrastructure, Governance and Law, Panel Discussion

The IMPRI IMPRI Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies (CHURS), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, hosted an interactive panel discussion on “Cities, Local Governance and Union Budget 2026-27” on February 4, 2026 (Wednesday) at 6:30 p.m. IST under IMPRI 7th Annual Series of Thematic Deliberations and Analysis of Union Budget 2026-27.

IMPRI Desk
February 5, 2026

Redefining the Aravallis: Who Decides What a Mountain Is?

Insights, Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Economy and Infrastructure, Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Governance and Law

TK Arun When mountains are measured by committees and metres, what’s under threat is not just geology but the idea of environmental protection itself. A rose, we have been told, is a rose. Mountains are different. Mountains tower over the…

TK Arun and IMPRI Desk
February 4, 2026

Urban Policy & Local Governance Youth Fellowship (UPLGYF) – Cohort 2.0

Fellows blog list & Details: UPLGYF Urban Policy & Local Governance Youth Fellowship- Cohort 2.0

Insights, Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Gender, Pluralism and Social Inclusion, Governance and Law

UPLGYF Urban Policy & Local Governance Youth Fellowship Cohort 2.0 | An Online International Summer School Program | A Three-Month Online Immersive Introductory Leadership Certificate Training Fellowship Program | Dec 2025 – Feb 2026 | IMPRI #WebPolicyLearning Program Details Field Details Program Name UPLGYF…

IMPRI Desk
February 2, 2026

Article 370, Urban Planning and the Unravelling of Srinagar’s Traditional Economy

Insights, Economy and Infrastructure, Governance and Law, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being

How are wetlands, lakes, and mountains shaping Srinagar’s economy? What role did Article 370’s dilution play in local livelihoods? Why are tourism, horticulture, and artisan trades struggling? What strategies can build a resilient, locally rooted economy?

Tikender Singh Panwar and IMPRI Desk
January 28, 2026

From Haryana to India: How Police Corruption Feeds Illegality

Insights, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Governance and Law

The Director General of Police (DGP) of Haryana, O.P. Singh, has implored police officers to be citizen-friendly. He has said they should never harass people. It is quite an admission of what is wrong with policing in India. It implies that the police have become a law unto themselves and act illegally. That is why a DGP has to plead with his force to act like the police should.

Arun Kumar and IMPRI Desk
January 28, 2026