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The 20th India Policy Forum 2023 Volume comprises papers and brief details of the proceedings of IPF Conference held during July 6-7, 2023. Apart from presentation of five papers, the IPF Conference also included the 5th  T.N. Srinivasan Memorial Lecture, titled, “Poverty and Inequality in India: An Exploration of Undercurrents at the Village Level”, delivered by Professor...   Read More

India’s growing economy is lifting families out of poverty but often onto a precarious perch. A single disaster can push them right back. Policy, obsessed with counting the poor, ignores the question of helping ‘newly poor’ Two decades ago, controversies around the measurement of in National Sample Surveys set off what became known as the...   Read More

How the IMF is channelling capital to the developing world Climate finance has been a global priority for decades, with significant milestones such as the Green Climate Fund being established under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2010. Between 2021 and 2023, private sector investments in climate resilience escalated and institutions like...   Read More

In the Review, we summarise the economic and policy developments in India; monitor global developments of relevance to India; and showcase the pulse of the economy through an analysis of high-frequency indicators and the heat map. MER June 2024 Press Release and Citations MER June 2024 Report Click here for previous issues.

The IHDS Forum is a monthly update of socio-economic developments in India by the IHDS research community, based on the India Human Development Survey, jointly conducted by NCAER and the University of Maryland. While two earlier rounds of the survey were completed in 2004-05 and 2011-12, respectively. Fieldwork for the third round was undertaken in...   Read More

Policies have sought to promote participation in financial markets, but investor ignorance and negligence as well as fraudulent activities are impediments to growth. India’s financial sector has grown exponentially over the past two decades. One major contributor to this is the rising participation of private investors in financial markets coupled with digitalisation. While the growth...   Read More

The 2024 Lok Sabha elections present a mixed picture for female representation, with rising candidate numbers but a declining success rate. The 2019 Lok Sabha elections marked a significant milestone in Indian politics, with the highest ever female representation in Parliament. With 78 women elected, female participation stood at an impressive 14%. This achievement was followed by...   Read More

As a sweltering heatwave grips Northern India, Delhi has found itself at the epicenter of an alarming surge in temperatures. On May 29, newspaper headlines screamed of52.9 degree Celsius at Mungeshpur in north-west Delhi, raising concerns with climate change becoming the common refrain. Though the India Meteorological Department (IMD) later attributed it to sensormal function...   Read More

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The Indian electorate has defied predictions of certainty, but the economic agenda for India remains unchanged. Despite impressive economic progress since 1991, India remains a low-middle-income economy. Policy priorities include urban expansion, modernization of agriculture, tackling unemployment, and addressing state-level disparities. Additionally, India must prepare for challenges such as aging populations and technological advancements to...   Read More