Category Public Finances and Macroeconomics

Mining Power: China, the US, and the Fight for Rare Earth Dominance

Insights, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, Center for the Study for Finance and Economics, Center for Work and Welfare, Economy and Infrastructure, Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Governance and Law, International Relations and Strategic Studies, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Public Finances and Macroeconomics, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes, Science and Technology

Beijing’s new export curbs on rare earths and other tech materials mark a new phase in its bid to weaponize its supply dominance. As Xi tightens control over inputs critical to the US and Trump threatens China with a 100% extra tariff, who will blink first?

Beijing is tightening its clamps on components that are integral to technology supply chains. Lithium batteries and related material, artificial diamonds that have industrial uses and rare earths like holmium, erbium, thulium, europium and ytterbium have been put on China’s export-control list.

Harsh V Pant and IMPRI Desk
December 9, 2025

Why LIC’s Bet on Adani Has Sparked Public Anger

Insights, Economy and Infrastructure, Entrepreneurship, ICT and Innovation, Governance and Law, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Public Finances and Macroeconomics, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes

It was excellent journalism on the part of Pranshu Verma and Ravi Nair to do the Washington Post story on the government having persuaded LIC to invest in Adani at a time when global investors were hesitant in the wake of an American case against Adani for having bribed officials in India and for having raised funds from American investors on false pretences. Kudos to the two, and to WaPo for publishing the story that Indian publications would have been reluctant to.

TK Arun and IMPRI Desk
December 2, 2025

What Exactly Makes a Crony Capitalist?

Insights, Center for the Study for Finance and Economics, Economy and Infrastructure, Entrepreneurship, ICT and Innovation, Governance and Law, International Relations and Strategic Studies, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Public Finances and Macroeconomics, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes

From the exploitative moneylender of iconic movies like Mother India to the factory owner who employs goons to beat up workers who dare to stand up against exploitation, the protagonist of business has tended to be portrayed, in the public discourse, as being deficient in ethics. Of late, a subspecies of the immoral tycoon has grownlarger than life: the crony capitalist.

IMPRI Desk
December 2, 2025

Trump’s “Make It in America” Push Is Falling Flat

Insights, 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, Entrepreneurship, ICT and Innovation, Governance and Law, International Relations and Strategic Studies, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Public Finances and Macroeconomics, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes, Social Sector

The most momentous event of the last week has been the Gaza ceasefire. It has brought respite for Palestinians from genocidal slaughter and famine, and brought 20 hostages back home to Israel. The peace deal is still fragile, and could unravel.

IMPRI Desk
December 1, 2025

The Scars Remain: Gaza Beyond the Trump–Netanyahu Ceasefire

Insights, 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, Center for Work and Welfare, Economy and Infrastructure, Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Public Finances and Macroeconomics, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes, Social Sector

Two years and two days after the terrorist attack by Hamas fighters from the Gaza Strip that killed around 1,200 Israelis, and the beginning of Israel’s brutal retaliation, that leading genocide scholars and a UN Commission have labelled genocide, a ceasefire plan appears to be taking hold.

TK Arun and IMPRI Desk
November 12, 2025

Zero Defect Zero Effect (ZED) Certification Scheme (2025)

Policy Update, Insights, Public Finances and Macroeconomics, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes

The Zero Defect Zero Effect (ZED) movement was envisaged after Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited the country to encourage production with “zero defects” in goods and “zero effect” on the environment while delivering India's 68th Independence Day speech.

IMPRI Desk
November 5, 2025

Master Plan for Delhi 2041: A Blueprint for a Sustainable Urban Future

Policy Update, Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Center for the Study for Finance and Economics, Center for Work and Welfare, Economy and Infrastructure, Entrepreneurship, ICT and Innovation, Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Insights, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Public Finances and Macroeconomics, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) prepared the Master Plan for Delhi 2041 (MPD 2041) as a comprehensive statutory development plan, which is the fourth plan, following its predecessors in the years of 1962, 2001, and 2021.

IMPRI Desk
October 17, 2025