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Dear IMPRI Well-wishers,

As we step into 2025, the IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute extends our warmest wishes for a year filled with prosperity, health, and meaningful achievements.

Now in its 5th cohort, Public Policy Qualitative Participatory Action Research Fieldwork Fellowship is fostering meaningful engagement in the field of participatory action research with fellows currently engaged in diverse research projects across India.

Dive into our latest blog articles and expand your understanding of the world of public policy and beyond with select hand-picked articles.

Scroll down to read the Vol 3 Issue 2 of our IPRR Journal and learn more.

Wishing you a productive and fulfilling week ahead!

Dr Simi Mehta, CEO & Editorial Director, IMPRI

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Latest from Insights Blog

Insights blog seeks to promote the ingenuity of ideas, evidence-based analysis, constructive critical thinking, and theoretically grounded articles.
Read our handpicked featured pieces below.

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Advancing Free Trade Through AITIGA Reforms

The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) was signed and entered into force on January 1, 2010. The AITIGA (also known as ASEAN-India FTA) was a culmination of a series of efforts by both ASEAN member-States and India to ameliorate their ties. After completing a decade of the AITIGA in 2019, ASEAN and India mutually decided to review the agreement through consultations.

by Prabir De

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Could Stronger Leadership by Manmohan Singh Have Prevented the Rise of the Right?

Glowing tributes are being paid to Manmohan Singh. Not only it is an Indian tradition to praise the departed, but much has changed since he demitted the prime ministership following the rout of the Congress in 2014. The United Progressive Alliance (UPA)-II headed by him was characterised by policy paralysis and non-performance and that was exploited by the BJP and Narendra Modi. But today, Singh comes across as a democrat and the contrast with the present times is stark.

by Arun Kumar

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Featured insights

India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act: A Double-Edged Sword for Privacy by TK Arun
Bhopal Gas Tragedy: A Lingering Crisis of Waste and Governance by Tikender Singh Panwar & Jane Thomas K
Requiem for the Neo-Liberal Failure: How the 2024 Nobel Prize for Economics can Reshape 21st Century Economic Thought by Aashwas Mahanta

Policy Update

Revitalizing Heritage Cities: An Updated Vision for HRIDAY 2015 by Anamitra Sinha
Mapping the Ministry of Tourism: Policies and Schemes by Avi Sharma
Transforming Rural Economies- National Rural Economic Transformation Project (NRETP)- 2019 by Sana Ansari
Empowering Marginalised Voices: Women & Nuclear Disarmament by Naushaba
Overview of the Winter Session of Parliament 2024 by Shivashish Narayan
Mapping the Ministry of Tourism: Policies and Schemes by Avi Sharma
National Quantum Mission (2023): Transforming India’s Technological Landscape by Riya Rawat
Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan Yojana 2019 (PM-SMY) by Aditi Kumari

IMPRI Books

A collection of books produced by based on deliberations and research work on pressing policy issues, with contributions from the IMPRI Team and a host of invited thematic experts

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IPRR Vol. 3 Issue 2 (July-Dec 2024)

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Impact and Policy Research Review (IPRR) (e-ISSN: 2583-3464) is a biannual research journal managed and published by IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi. IPRR is an open-access journal.

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