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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...
Policy UpdateRitobrata PurkayasthaBackgroundThe rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in July 2017 marked the most extensive structural overhaul of India’s fiscal federalism, subsuming 17 distinct central and state levies along with 13 cesses into a single indirect...
Policy UpdateShivali Yadav 1. BackgroundChallenge-Based Destination Development (CBDD) originates from the Union Budget 2023-24, whose Paragraph 93 announced that tourism would be taken up ‘in Mission Mode’ and that ‘at least 50 destinations will be selected through challenge mode’ for...
Policy UpdateKhushiBackgroundSocial justice in India extends beyond income support to addressing the educational, economic and social disadvantages faced by historically marginalised and vulnerable communities. The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) implements a wide range of schemes covering...
Policy UpdateAkshat JangidBackgroundEver since Independence, India’s sports policy has, at best, been viewed primarily through the lenses of international competition and national prestige and, at worst, through the lens of public scrutiny following disappointing performances on the global stage....
Samiksha MuskanBackgroundThe Union Cabinet approved the IndianAI Mission in March 2024 with a budget outlay of Rs. 10,371.92 crore as a national initiative to build an end-to-end artificial intelligence ecosystem in India. Officially, the mission seeks to democratise access...
Policy UpdateMahenoor ImamIntroductionMost of us order food and book cabs without thinking much about the person on the other end of the app. There are a lot of them. NITI Aayog (2022) counted 7.7 million gig and platform workers...
Policy Update Karnavi ShendeBACKGROUNDWomen in many Indian households perform a substantial amount of unpaid domestic work, while their control over household finances may remain limited . To address this, several state governments have started schemes that send cash directly...
