The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs has suspended the funding to think tank Center for Policy Research's government license to receive foreign funds for 180 days or until further notice.
International researchers fear long-standing collaborations with Indian researchers might be imperilled following a decision by the Indian government to suspend foreign funding to Indian think tank the Centre for Policy Research (CPR), based in New Delhi. Research projects at CPR — which conducts some of India’s most influential independent policy studies — have been paused temporarily after the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs suspended the think tank’s government licence to receive overseas funds for 180 days or until further notice.
The move has sparked an outcry among Indian and foreign researchers who fear the funding pause could cripple the CPR and muzzle independent scrutiny of policy in India, which some say is threatened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
“CPR cannot surviv...
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