IMF Conditionalities, Policy Sovereignty, and India’s Systemic Position: Constraint, Adaptation, or Norm Entrepreneurship? The relationship between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and India has historically oscillated between crisis-driven dependence and post-liberalisation strategic engagement. IMF conditionalities—policy prescriptions attached to financial assistance—have been central to debates on economic sovereignty, developmental autonomy, and the structural hierarchies embedded within … Continue reading Critically examine the economic and political implications of IMF conditionalities for India’s policy autonomy. Will India emerge as a norm-shaper within the IMF or remain structurally constrained by institutional hierarchies?