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Policy UpdateParidhi PassiIntroductionRural India’s Self-Help Group network has long been the backbone of women’s collective savings and micro-enterprise, but it had never before been linked directly to advanced agri-technology at national scale. The Namo Drone Didi Scheme was designed...
Policy UpdateYashkriti PalBackgroundLaunched by the Department of Information Technology and Communication, iStart Rajasthan serves as the state government’s premier, sector-agnostic platform dedicated to fostering grassroots innovation, executing investment matching, and scaling early-stage ventures. In a national startup landscape historically...
Policy UpdateVishal Kumar BackgroundGujarat has emerged as one of India’s leading industrial states because of its diversified manufacturing base, well-developed infrastructure and business-friendly policy environment. Over the past two decades, the state’s economy has expanded significantly and currently contributes approximately...
Policy UpdateRashi KothariBackgroundThe Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) phenomenon in India has emerged as a prominent structural shift in retail credit since 2021, accelerated by the integration of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) with instant digital underwriting. Unlike cyclical...
Policy Update Madhuritha DBackground The One Stop Centre, launched on April 1, 2015, is introduced by the Ministry of Women and Child Development through Sambal, a sub-scheme under Mission Shakti. According to the recommendations of the 12th Plan’s (2012-2017) Working...
Policy UpdateAkshat JangidBackgroundOn 21 December 2025, the President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu gave assent to the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025, commonly referred to as VB-G RAM G. The legislation marks...
Policy UpdateGayathry Sanjay BalramBACKGROUNDA child born in Kerala today is not always guaranteed a safe and secure start to life. Contrary to common assumptions, the primary concern is not inadequate healthcare or poor infrastructure, but the neglect and abuse...
AsmatwaliBackgroundIndia’s pursuit of a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is nearly as old as the UN itself. Independent India was a founding member of the organisation in 1945, and by the 1990s, as the Cold...
AsmatwaliBackgroundIndia’s climate diplomacy operates under the Paris Agreement’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) framework, through which each signatory periodically submits self-declared mitigation and adaptation targets. India’s first NDC (2015) rested on three pillars: an emissions-intensity reduction target, a non-fossil power...
AsmatwaliBackgroundThe Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), comprising Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, and Bahrain, is one of India’s largest trading partner blocs. In FY 2024-25, bilateral trade touched USD 178.56 billion (exports of USD 56.87 billion and imports...
