India Policy Forum
This India Policy Forum Volume is an open-access journal comprising papers and highlights of the discussions at the India Policy Forum (IPF) held in New Delhi every year. The IPF is organized by National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), India’s oldest and largest independent think-tank. The IPF promotes original economic policy and empirical research on India. It provides a unique combination of intense scholarship and policymaker engagement at the annual IPF Conference that reviews such papers, leading to their eventual publication in this international journal.
An international Research Panel of India-based and overseas scholars with
an abiding interest in India supports this initiative through advice and active
participation at the IPF Conference, and the search for innovative papers that
promise fresh insights, especially from younger scholars. An international
Advisory Panel provides overall guidance.
Papers appear in this annual IPF Volume after revisions based on IPF
discussants’ comments, a lively floor discussion, and the editorial guidance
provided by the IPF Editors. To allow readers to get a sense of the richness
of the conversations that happen at the IPF, edited discussants’ comments as
presented at the IPF are included in the journal.