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Policy UpdateShivali YadavBackgroundParliament passed the Apprentices Act in 1961, and it remains the legal basis for apprenticeship training in India. NATS is often described as a 1961 scheme, and some secondary sources cite 1973 as its launch year. Neither...
Policy Update Shivali YadavBackgroundWorld Day Against Child Labour falls every year on 12 June, and it usually passes with the sort of solemn statements governments issue on days like this: acknowledgment of a problem, a promise to do better....
Policy UpdateDolly KaushikBackground and EvolutionThe formal trajectory toward an economic integration framework between New Delhi and Southern Africa advanced significantly with the signing of the Terms of Reference for a Preferential Trade Agreement on August 12, 2026, at Vanijya...
Policy Update Shivali YadavBackgroundThe second wave of COVID‑19 during the summer of 2021 altered the discussion surrounding India’s challenges. Previous waves had failed to draw attention to a group of victims that is seldom mentioned initially: abandoned children. In...
Policy UpdatePurbaa JagannathBackgroundFor decades, the power distribution segment has been a weak financial link in the growing electricity system in India, leading to frequent losses that state governments are forced to dig into their accounts to meet through bailouts,...
Policy UpdateArya GuptaBackgroundGovernment purchasing is one of the biggest single levers any economy has on industrial demand, with over 1.6 lakh government buyer entities using the Government e-Marketplace (GeM), (Press Information Bureau, 2025) for procurement where cumulative Gross Merchandise...
Policy UpdateDebjani ChatterjeeBackgroundHistorically, Uttar Pradesh has faced persistent gender disparities, including low female literacy, child marriage and gender discrimination affecting girls. Census 2011 recorded a child sex ratio of only 902 girls per 1,000 boys. NFHS 4 (National Family...
Policy UpdatePrisha SachdevaBackgroundAs AI systems become embedded in healthcare, finance, education, and governance, the risks they carry algorithmic bias, deepfakes, privacy violations, and opaque decision-making grow alongside their benefits. The Safe & Trusted AI pillar was designed as the...
Policy UpdateHimanshi SinghBackgroundThe Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Programme stands as the flagship international capacity-building platform of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India. Instituted in 1964, ITEC represents one of the world’s oldest and most...
Policy UpdateKhushiBackgroundWelfare schemes are designed to address social and economic vulnerabilities, but their effectiveness depends not only on the allocation of public resources but also on whether benefits and services reach the intended beneficiaries. The Department of Social Justice...
