Working Paper

December 4, 2025

The study highlights the need to focus on qualitative dimensions of health, education and income as much as, if not more, than their quantitative aspects to gauge human development in a true sense.

Working Paper

Foreign Policy & Security

Partnerships for Self-Reliance: Internationalising India’s Critical Minerals Sector

Anindita Sinh & Constantino Xavier

November 13, 2025

This paper provides one of the first comprehensive mapping of India’s international partnerships on critical minerals and systematically analyses its domestic policymaking architecture.

Report

Climate Change

Global Climate Finance Taxonomy: Lessons for India

Renu Kohli & Kritima Bhapta

November 3, 2025

This report explores four interconnected themes that are critical for the effective design and implementation of India’s climate finance taxonomy. The study shows that India has the opportunity to learn from international experiences while creating a taxonomy that reflects domestic priorities, supports green innovation, and expands access to finance for all stakeholders.

Discussion Paper

Minerals & Mining

India’s Mineral Requirements in a World of Economic and Geopolitical Transition

Ranjan Mathai

October 30, 2025

This contributory paper analyses the global and domestic challenges facing India’s mineral economy and outlines how, with a strategic shift, India can not only secure its own critical mineral needs but also become a key player in global mineral supply chains.

Working Paper

Climate Change

Climate Finance Needs of Nine G20 EMEs: Well Within Reach

Janak Raj & Rakesh Mohan

October 23, 2025

This study follows a bottom-up approach to assess climate finance requirements purely on account of transition to a low-carbon economy over and above the investment needed in business-as-usual (BAU) scenario.

Discussion Paper

Electricity

Odisha Privatisation Round 2: Lessons, Challenges, and Opportunities

Ashwini Chitnis & Daljit Singh

October 14, 2025

This paper reviews the second round of Odisha distribution privatisation in detail to draw broader lessons and insights to help the process of structural reforms at the state level.

Executive Policy Brief

Growth, Finance, Health & Human Development

Understanding Drivers of Government Initiatives in Primary Health and Elementary Education

Sanjay Kaul

October 27, 2025

This contributory Executive Policy Brief urges policy advocates, civil society, and the bureaucracy to prioritise visible, electorally attractive initiatives that bridge supply-demand gaps and reiterate the importance of quality.

Discussion Paper

Foreign Policy & Security

India and the Quad in Port Development in the Bay of Bengal Region

Riya Sinha

October 13, 2025

This paper examines the roles of India, the United States, Japan and Australia, both bilaterally and through the Quadrilateral partnership in driving port infrastructure development and enhancing shipping connectivity in the Bay of Bengal region.

Discussion Paper

Health and Human Development

Understanding Trends in Female Labour Force Participation Rate in Rural India: The Role of MGNREGS and DAY-NRLM

Amarjeet Sinha

October 9, 2025

This paper seeks to understand the recent trends in the RFLFPR in India as well examines whether there was a significant increase in the operations of MGNREGS and DAY-NRLM.

Blog

Minerals & Mining

From Traditional Ties to Critical Minerals: India–Russia Relations in Transition

Anindita Sinh & Sabine Karer

November 17, 2025

This blog by Anindita Sinh and Sabine Karer examines the drivers behind the transformation within the relationship from hydrocarbons to critical minerals, Russia’s domestic policy ecosystem for critical minerals, a history of India and Russia’s energy cooperation, followed by the opportunities to further this collaboration.

Journals and Other Publications

Minerals & Mining

Options for Diversifying India’s Critical Mineral Supply Chains

Juan Pablo Martínez, Karthik Bansal & Ganesh Sivamani

December 5, 2025

This report maps out India’s main import partners for cobalt, copper, graphite, lithium and nickel and projects future demand for these minerals and rare earth elements under different International Energy Agency scenarios.