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Policy UpdateSudeshna DuttaBackgroundIndia is Sri Lanka’s closest neighbor, with a civilizational relationship stretching back more than 2,500 years. Sri Lanka holds a central place in India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy and its MAHASAGAR (Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and...
Policy Update Saachi SaxenaBackgroundPunjab is one of India’s major agricultural states and has historically played an important role in national food security. Its economy is supported by agriculture and allied activities, industry, services, infrastructure and a large network of...
Policy Update Karnavi ShendeBACKGROUNDPunjab’s female demographic profile presents a mixed picture of progress and persistent challenges. The state’s sex ratio stands at 895 females per 1,000 males, below the national average of 940, while female literacy has improved to...
Policy UpdatePritha ChowdharyBackgroundIndia’s dairy sector is an important source of rural employment, household income and nutritional security. The country produced 247.87 million tonnes of milk in 2024-25, an increase of 3.58% over the previous year, retaining its position as...
Policy Update Prisha SachdevaBackgroundFoundation models, national compute infrastructure, and sovereign datasets alone cannot sustain India’s AI ambitions without a parallel mechanism to fund the startups building on top of them. The IndiaAI Startup Financing pillar was conceived to fill...
Arya GuptaBackgroundFollowing the National Medical Devices Policy (NMDP) 2023, evidence available by 2024 suggested that the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Medical Devices had successfully encouraged domestic production of complex medical devices, including MRI and CT scanners. However,...
Policy UpdateShailja SinghBackgroundArtificial Intelligence (AI) is gaining ground as a transformative force in public administration, economic production, and public services. But for states, the challenge is not just adopting new technologies but creating the ecosystem to support their widespread...
Policy Update Arjya Shree PandeBackgroundThe National Pension System (NPS), regulated by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) under the PFRDA Act, 2013, was expanded to Non Resident Indians (NRIs) in 2015 to broaden access to a structured,...
Policy UpdateNivedya MuraliBackground The Integrated Fertilizer Management System (iFMS) is a comprehensive digital platform developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) for the Department of Fertilizers under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.It acts as an end-to-end data platform covering...
Policy Update Nayanshi JainIntroduction India’s Maritime Economy and the Imperative of Digital GovernanceIndia’s maritime sector is central to its trade and economic security, with around 95% of trade by volume and 68% by value moving by sea. Its extensive coastline...
