An autonomous research institute under the Ministry of Finance

 

Ongoing projects

Development of National Policy Framework and Strategy for Implementation of the Kigali Amendment in India

  • Start date Jan., 2023
  • Sponsor Ozone Cell, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), GoI
  • Project leader Suranjali Tandon
  • Consultants/Other authors Archita Sridhar, Ridhi Verma and Jyotsna Chikkara
  • Focus
    Ozone Cell, MoEF&CC, and NIPFP shall collaborate in the implementation of the activities related to development of a National Policy framework including strategy for the implementation of the Kigali Amendment in India. The objective of the assignment is to develop a policy framework and strategy for implementing HFC (hydrofluorocarbon) phase-down considering the compliance obligations under the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol and the principles enshrined in the Country Program of India for ODS (ozone-depleting substances) phase-out, without adversely affecting industrial and economic growth and protecting consumer and public interests. 

Gender Budgeting in School Education

  • Start date Dec., 2023
  • Completion date Sept., 2024
  • Sponsor National Coalition for Education (NCE)
  • Project leader Sukanya Bose, Md Yasin (IIHS and NIPFP), Archana (NCE) and Noopur (NCE)
  • Focus
    The study turns a critical lens towards the bureaucratic and siloed process of gender budgeting. In the context of secondary school education in Delhi, this participatory research engaged female students from working-class households to collaboratively create a platform for discussing their experiences, priorities and challenges. A survey questionnaire, developed from these discussions, refined with student feedback, and administered by the students, informs the key discussions of the research. The research covering a number of issues like classroom size, capacity of teachers, scholarships, direct benefit transfers (DBTs), among many others, and generates important data and voices on which gender budget can be premised, instead of the post-facto accounting exercise. Drawing from this, the study proposes the need and scope for gender budgeting to be more participative and extends the discussion for synergies between gender budgeting and participative budgeting.

Fiscal dominance and Sovereign debt management

  • Start date Jan., 2023
  • Sponsor Self-Initiated
  • Project leader Piyali Das, Chetan Ghate and Subhadeep Halder
  • Focus

    This paper helps highlight the effect of a sovereign debt and portfolio management. 


Gender and Macroeconomics

  • Start date May, 2024
  • Sponsor UN Women
  • Project leader Lekha Chakraborty
  • Focus
    The project aims at giving training to UN officials on Gender and Macroeconomics, including fiscal and monetary policies and measuring unpaid care economy at UN Bangkok and online.

Quantifying the Fiscal Cushion for US: 1960-2013

  • Start date Jan., 2023
  • Sponsor Self-Initiated
  • Project leader Piyali Das
  • Focus

    This paper can help in understanding the role played by bond price changes and surprise inflation on sovereign debt.