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We are delighted to state, with utmost humility, that ICRIER continues to be India's foremost and the world's 19th best Think Tank in the International Economics category according to the ‘2020 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report’ released by the University of Pennsylvania. The ranking reflects the hard work of colleagues and the untiring support of stakeholders. We are grateful to each one of you for your interest and engagement with ICRIER’s research work.

The February 2021 issue of the newsletter captures our research and policy engagements during the month of January 2021. As you will see, the new year has begun on an extremely productive note for ICRIER. Besides the regular recap, the newsletter also features our views on the Union Budget 2021-2022, released by the Government of India on 1st of February.

We released a working paper on ‘WTO Appellate Body in Crisis: The Way Forward’ in January that is receiving vast attention. On 13th January, we hosted a Stakeholder Discussion on Policy Recommendations for ICANN Board's consideration. On 15th January, we hosted a virtual discussion on Tamal Bandopadhyay's book ‘Pandemonium: The Great Indian Banking Tragedy’. On 16th January, a discussion on the Personal Data Protection Bill and its Implications was held. On 22nd January, a virtual Policy Dialogue on “Galvanizing South and South-East Asia Transport Connectivity post-COVID19”, was organized jointly with UNESCAP.

Besides, our staff engaged extensively with the media, including publishing analytical op-eds on a variety of relevant topics such as agriculture, climate finance, data protection, banking and international trade, among others. If you missed these and any other activity, you would find the links below.

We hope you take some time to view some of the recordings and also glance through other updates from January. We would love to hear back from you.