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Timing Matters: Creditor Incentives and Delayed Admission under India’s IBC by Anjali Sharma and Rajeswari Sengupta

NO : WP-2026-007 AUTHOR :Anjali Sharma and Rajeswari Sengupta TITLE : Timing Matters: Creditor Incentives and Delayed Admission under India’s IBC ABSTRACT : This paper examines how different classes of creditors use India’s Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), with a focus on the timing of insolvency initiation. Using a novel dataset that combines firm-level […]

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From State to Community: Forest Land Rights and Forest Conservation in India by Bharti Nandwani, Ishita Varma

NO : WP-2026-006 AUTHOR :Bharti Nandwani, Ishita Varma TITLE : From State to Community: Forest Land Rights and Forest Conservation in India ABSTRACT : This paper examines the impact of India’s landmark Forest Rights Act (FRA), which granted indigenous forest-dwelling communities legal rights to manage and protect forests, on the incidence of forest fires. […]

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Monetary Policy in India: The Long Road to Inflation Targeting by Rajeswari Sengupta (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research)

NO : WP-2026-005 AUTHOR :Rajeswari Sengupta (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research) TITLE : Monetary Policy in India: The Long Road to Inflation Targeting ABSTRACT : This paper traces the evolution of monetary policy in India and the institutional, intellectual, and macroeconomic forces that culminated in the adoption of flexible inflation targeting (FIT) in […]

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