February 2022

The New Year has begun on a productive note for ICRIER. We released a working paper on ‘Alternate Construction Technologies for Mass Housing: Challenges to Adoption in India’. A policy brief was released on ‘Exploring Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage in the Indian Context’. An article titled ‘What is Formalisation of the Economy? India’s Quest to Shrink its Informal Sector’ was published by The India Forum and another on ‘Examining the Informality in Urban Informal Settlements – Evidence from Kapashera’ was published in Cities.

We also organised over 27 Virtual Stakeholder Consultation on, ‘Analysing Tariff Sensitivities of India for the UK-India Comprehensive Trade’, in partnership with Trade Promotion Council of India (TPCI) for the food sectors and with World Trade Centre (WTC) Mumbai for the non-food sectors. ICRIER also hosted a webinar on ‘Understanding Technology and Investment Gaps for a Globally Competitive EV’. The discussions were well-attended.

Drawing on their research work, our faculty members wrote several opinion pieces and other articles in various newspapers on a wide range of topics including those on the 2022-23 Union Budget, multilateralism, agriculture policy, supply chains and employment, among others.

	Publication: Article \| What is ‘Formalisation’ of the Economy? Authors: Radhicka Kapoor and R. Nagaraj Article \| Examining the informality in urban informal settlements – Evidence from Kapashera Authors: Richa Sekhani, Deepanshu Mohan, Jignesh Mistry, Advaita Singh, and Vanshika Mittal
	Event: Virtual Stakeholder Consultation of ICRIER-Trade Promotion Council of India (TPCI) on Alcoholic Beverage; Dairy; Fresh Fruits; Processed Foods; Fisheries; Organic Food Products; Importers & Retailers; Meat Products Participants: Deepak Mishra, Arpita Mukherjee, Saon Ray, ICRIER Researchers, Policymakers, Industry Virtual Stakeholder Consultation of ICRIER-World Trade Centre (WTC), Mumbai on Automobile & Auto-Components; Pharmaceuticals; Medical Devices; Textiles; Chemicals; Apparels; Electronics & Machinery; Engineering Products; Aerospace & Components Participants: Deepak Mishra, Arpita Mukherjee, Saon Ray, ICRIER Researchers, Policymakers, Industry
	Op-eds: India’s economy and the challenge of informality R. Nagaraj and Radhicka Kapoor \| The Hindu \| January 28, 2022 Negotiating trade rules in e-commerce: Strategies that benefit the Indian industry Pritam Banerjee and Arpita Mukherjee \| TPCI \| January 23, 2022 BUDGET 2022: Why a non-event budget should become the chief event in India’s budgetary history- being bored is a good sign Deepak Mishra \| Economic Times \| January 22, 2022 Rethink the booster shot strategy Ali Mehdi \| Financial Express \| January 21, 2022 Shifting Demand Patterns Must Guide State Excise Policy Design Arpita Mukherjee & Aditya Prakash Rao \| Mint \| January 14, 2022 Origins of the Species Shankar Acharya \| Business Standard \| January 13, 2022 Ensuring the Dual Objectives of COVID Protocols and Steady Excise Revenue Arpita Mukherjee \| Financial Express \| January 11, 2022 High Inflation, Low Supplier Price: Twin Challenge of Alcohol Beverage companies Arpita Mukherjee \| CNBC18 \| January 5, 2022

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New thrust in ties with Bangladesh needed
Durgesh K Rai and Pravakar Sahoo | Deccan Herald | January 17, 2022

Op-eds:

Just Increasing Irrigation Cover Not Sufficient
Ashok Gulati | NDTV | January 31, 2022

Budgeting for meaningful agri-growth
Ashok Gulati | Financial Express | January 31, 2022

What Indian agriculture needs from the budget
Ashok Gulati | Indian Express | January 31, 2022

Our farmers in need of a new deal
Ashok Gulati | Business Standard | January 24, 2022

Union Budget 2022: Centre Must Not Allow Momentum for Agri-Reforms to Wane
Siraj Hussain and Seema Bathla | The WIRE | January 20, 2022

Agri sector budget wishlist: Experts discuss required reforms
Siraj Hussain | CNBC18 | January 18, 2022

Rebooting Punjab’s Agriculture
Ashok Gulati and Kavery Ganguly | Financial Express | January 17, 2022

My Right to BreatheIn Punjab polls, an opportunity for agri-reform
Ashok Gulati and Kavery Ganguly | Indian Express | January 17, 2022

All populist measures at taxpayers’ expense should be banned
Ashok Gulati | Business Standard | January 13, 2022

The Reach and Depth of MSP
Ashok Gulati and Ranjana Roy | Financial Express | January 3, 2022

The Fallacy of MSP
Ashok Gulati and Ranjana Roy | Indian Express | January 3, 2022

	Event: ICRIER-IISD Webinar on Understanding Technology and Investment Gaps for a Globally Competitive EV Battery Waste Recycling Sector Participants: Deepak Mishra, Ruchir Shukla, Amrita Goldar, Shohab Rais, VP Yadav, Diewakarr Mittal, A L N Rao
	Published Works: Working Paper \| Alternate Construction Technologies for Mass Housing: Challenges to Adoption in India Authors: Ayush Khare, Debarpita Roy, Triveni Prasad Nanda Policy Brief \| Exploring Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage in the Indian Context: ICRIER G20 Policy Series – Run Up to 2023 Authors: Amrita Goldar and Diya Dasgupta
	Op-eds: Mission 500 GW: Energy experts share the COP26 target Somit Dasgupta \| Renewable Watch \| January 27, 2022 Privatisation blues in the power sector: The case of J&K Somit Dasgupata \| ET Energy \| January 5, 2022

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