Category Public Finances and Macroeconomics

Gold, Geopolitics, and India’s Economic Discipline

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Hon’able Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent appeal asking Indians to voluntarily avoid purchasing gold jewellery for one year is not merely a symbolic patriotic gesture.

IMPRI Desk
May 13, 2026

World Bank’s Recantation of a Dogma

Insights, Center for the Study for Finance and Economics, Centres, Public Finances and Macroeconomics

TK Arun In 1992, Pope John Paul II issued a declaration acknowledging that it was wrong for theologians of the Church to have condemned Galileo for his heliocentric theory in the 17th century. On 17 March, World Bank chief economist Indermit Gill reprised…

IMPRI Desk and TK Arun
April 17, 2026

Small Saving Schemes

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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

Beyond the Summit: Bridging the Gap Between Policy and Funding

Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, Center for the Study for Finance and Economics, Economy and Infrastructure, Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Insights, Policy Update, Public Finances and Macroeconomics

TK Arun AI sovereignty is not about apps or agents. It rests on GPUs, high-bandwidth memory, chip fabrication, political will, and the capital to fund long-term risk. The Artificial Intelligence Impact summit is on in Delhi. There is natural interest…

IMPRI Desk and TK Arun
March 23, 2026

Rethinking Government Support for Data Centre

Science and Technology, Center for ICT for Development, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, Center for the Study for Finance and Economics, Center for Work and Welfare, Economy and Infrastructure, Entrepreneurship, ICT and Innovation, Generation Alpha Data Centre, Governance and Law, Insights, Public Finances and Macroeconomics, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes

T.K. Arun Data-centre tax holidays represent oodles of government cash to favoured Indian businesses for little public benefit The 21-year tax holiday doled out by the Union Budget to foreign firms that do data centre business in India should be rolled back,…

IMPRI Desk and TK Arun
March 23, 2026

External Partnerships vs. Internal Divisions: A Sovereignty Paradox

Public Finances and Macroeconomics, Agriculture, Food, Nutrition Security and Rural Development, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Center for ICT for Development, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, Center for the Study for Finance and Economics, Economy and Infrastructure, Entrepreneurship, ICT and Innovation, Insights, International Relations and Strategic Studies, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes

TK Arun Beyond concessions, deal improves market access, strengthens strategic signalling; it could catalyse India Inc’s adaptation to era of AI and machines that embody AI. It will come as a surprise only to the politically naïve that the India-US…

IMPRI Desk and TK Arun
March 16, 2026

India’s Health Budget and the Urgent Need for Stronger Lung Cancer Policies

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Urvashi Prasad India’s Union Health Budget 2026-27 and the release of the country’s first evidence based lung cancer guidelines have sparked important conversations about whether our health system is keeping pace with global standards. These announcements are not just policy…

IMPRI Desk
March 16, 2026