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Policy UpdateAshi VermaBackgroundThe Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 marked a paradigm shift in India’s data governance regime, yet its implementation encountered procedural ambiguities, particularly concerning vulnerable data principals. The DPDP (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2026, issued by...
Policy UpdateDebjani ChatterjeeBackgroundDenotified, Nomadic and Semi Nomadic (DNT) communities in India have faced long standing social discrimination, poverty and exclusion from development opportunities. During British rule, the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871 labelled several communities as criminal. Although the...
Policy UpdateRavirala LahariBackgroundArticle 39A of the Constitution directs the State to provide free legal aid, and the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 makes persons in custody eligible for it (Section 12). Articles 14 and 22(1) also make it obligatory...
Policy UpdateAmeya SatamIntroduction: In March 2026, with the aim of ensuring social and economic justice for every citizen in Telangana, the Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister of Telangana, Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, presented the annual budget of 2026-27 in the...
Policy Update Tanisha HoodaBackground The PARIVARTAN (Programme for Accelerated Renewal and Incentivization of Vehicle Assets for Reducing Transport Air Pollution and Network Emissions) Scheme, 2026 is a Government of India initiative aimed at reducing vehicular pollution in the Delhi-National Capital...
Policy Update Tanisha HoodaBackgroundThe Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) (Amendment) Rules, 2026 strengthen the existing Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020 by introducing more specific requirements for transparency and accountability in online marketplaces. Key changes include clearer disclosures of sponsored listings and...
Policy UpdateSaachi SaxenaBackgroundIndia’s net-zero transition is increasingly becoming an economic concern alongside its environmental goals. India needs to expand energy access, support industrialisation, meet rising electricity demand and improve living standards while reducing the emissions intensity of economic activity....
Policy UpdateAyana N KBackground Kerala’s Kerala Fibre Optic Network (K-FON) emerged from a deliberate policy decision to treat internet access as a basic right rather than a market privilege. The state government declared internet access a basic citizen right in...
Policy UpdateGargi BishtBackgroundAround 2.35 lakh workers migrate to Kerala from various parts of the country annually. The total number of migrant workers in the state has crossed over 25 lakh (Starhealth). Despite the state’s comparatively developed public healthcare system,...
Policy UpdateHimanshi SinghBackgroundThe India, Brazil, and South Africa Facility for Poverty and Hunger Alleviation (IBSA Fund) represents one of the most innovative and enduring models of trilateral South–South cooperation in the global international development architecture. Established in 2004 and...
