Glad to have organised this timely dialogue on decentralised #DisasterRiskFinancing. Grateful to panellists & participants for shedding light on shifting towards a bottom-up decentralised approach, grassroot level innovation & customised finance solutions #ClimateAction #disaster

Decentralised financing without decentralised governance will not work. This was probably one of the most significant and responding take aways from this evening's discussions. Our erudite panel's inputs will help us with our policy research and recommendations on this topic.

“Technology is growing. And by technology, I don't necessarily mean automation, technology is here to stay, and it makes sense to integrate” Nirupama Soundararajan, CEO and co-founder, Policy Consensus Centre Prakriti Bakshi decodes the #heavymachinery sector dilemma here :

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Co-founder & Partner, Arindam Goswami writes for businessline on how India can catalyse #greenbond uptake in India. Suggestions include setting up for a 3rd party "green guarantor," exploring the German twin bond model, aligning definitions, and provide suitable #tax incentives.

Our Co-founders Nirupama Soundararajan & Arindam Goswami suggest the need for including a monitoring and evaluation mechanism to restrict #greenwashing, a #GreenGuarantor for certification and market awareness, and a public #greenregistry for enhancing transparency & overlap in reporting, in

We are organising an online discussion on the draft #ClimateFinanceTaxonomy released by the Department of Economic Affairs, MoF. We will be joined by Mr Raman Aggarwal, CEO, FIDCIndia, Mr Chintan Panchal, Manager, IFSCA and Ms Maryan Judith Noronha, Associate, BMR Legal Advocates.

We had an insightful discussion on "Analysing India's draft Climate Finance Taxonomy Framework" with Mr Raman Aggarwal, CEO, FIDC, Mr Chintan Panchal, SCR, Manager, IFSCA, and Ms Maryan Judith Noronha, Associate, BMR Legal Advocates with Ms Nirupama Soundararajan moderating the

We are happy to inform that the policy brief (outcome of the discussion) of our discussion on "Evaluating the Efficacy of Decentralised Disaster Risk Management" with Dr ଡ଼ଃ ସସ୍ମିତ ପାତ୍ର I Dr. Sasmit Patra, Hon'ble Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) representing the State of Odisha, Prof (Dr) Surya

Grateful to have contributed to this Policy Brief on ‘Evaluating the Efficacy of Decentralised Disaster Risk Financing in India.’ The webinar offered enriching discussions and valuable insights from experts across climate, finance, and policy domains on strengthening local

We are organising a discussion on 10 years of the three gold schemes announced by the Government of India in November 2015, i.e., the Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS), the Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) Scheme, and the India Gold Coin (IGC). In this discussion, we stocktake the progress

'Make-In-India Or Just Assembling'? Rahul Gandhi's Criticism Sparks Row On the panel with Gaurie Dwivedi: Rohan Gupta, Adv. Arshpreet Khadial and Nirupama Soundararajan

Our Policy Brief on “India’s Draft Climate Finance Taxonomy” held on 19th June 2025 is now live! Key takeaways: ✅ Dedicated monitoring & review agencies ✅ Global alignment for investor confidence ✅ Activity sub-classification (like ASEAN’s traffic-light model) ✅ State-level

We are organising a webinar on "Ten Years of India's Gold Financialisation Policies: A Progress Stocktake" on 24th July 2025, 3.00-5.00 pm IST. We will be joined by Mr Avinash Gupta, Vice Chairman, GJC INDIA, Mr Vikram Dhawan, Head Commodities & Fund Manager, Nippon India Mutual Fund, Mr

We had an insightful discussion today on “Ten Years of India’s Gold Financialisation Policies: A Progress Stocktake” with Mr Avinash Gupta, Vice Chairman, GJC INDIA, Mr Vikram Dhawan, Head Commodities & Fund Manager, Nippon India Mutual Fund, Mr Manish Goel, Head - Bullion Desk, ICICI

Spoke to News18 yesterday on #trumptarrifs. India should cont. to negotiate "from a place of strength" as Minister Piyush Goyal says. Non negotiables should be just that! India should reserve sovereign right to buy oil&arms from any country she chooses! Policy Consensus Centre

We are organising a discussion on risks of over-regulation and loss of safe harbour in the context of India’s evolving digital laws and e-commerce, with special focus on the Bureau of Indian Standards' (BIS) draft “E-Commerce Principles and Guidelines for Self-Governance”. Join

We are happy to inform that the policy brief of our discussion on "Ten Years of India's Gold Financialisation Policies: A Progress Stocktake" with Mr Avinash Gupta, Vice Chairman of the GJC INDIA, Mr Vikram Dhawan,  Fund Manager – Commodities, Nippon Life India Asset Management

The policy brief of our discussion on "A Roadmap for VDA Regulations in India" is available now on our website. We would like to thank all our panellists for this discussion including Mr Antonio Garcia Zaballos, Director, Asian Development Bank, Dr Ashima Goyal, Professor, IGIDR, Mr