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Nari Adalat (2023): Strengthening Community-Based Justice
Policy UpdateShivali YadavBackgroundThe Ministry of Women and Child Development launched Nari Adalat in 2023 under the Sambal sub-scheme of Mission Shakti (2021–26) to...
Beyond The Vote: What India’s UNSC Campaign Means For Its Global...
Atharva SalunkeWhen Hon. Minister of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar formally launched India’s campaign for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council...
SPARROW (Smart Performance Appraisal Report Recording Online Window) 2013: Digitising Bureaucratic...
Nayanshi JainIntroductionIndia’s governance architecture is undergoing a paradigm shift from paper-based administration to digitally enabled public management, driven by initiatives such as Digital India...
Project Mausam (2014): Reimagining Cultural Diplomacy As Strategic Statecraft – IMPRI...
Nayanshi JainIntroductionIn an increasingly interconnected world, cultural diplomacy has become an important instrument of foreign policy, enabling countries to strengthen international partnerships through shared...
SNA-SPARSH: Reforming India’s Fund Flow For Centrally Sponsored Schemes
Policy UpdateParidhi PassiBackgroundCentrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) form the backbone of India’s welfare and infrastructure delivery, jointly funded by the Centre and states but implemented...
PALNA SCHEME: CHILDCARE FOR WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT (2022)
Policy UpdateShivali Yadav1. Background :The Palna scheme was started by the Ministry of Women and Child Development on 1 April 2022. This is part...
Lakhpati Didi: Reimagining Rural Development Through Women-Led Entrepreneurship
Policy UpdateTanvi NerurkarIntroduction: From Welfare to Women-Led DevelopmentIndia’s rural development policy has gone through three main phases. The first, called “women’s welfare,” saw women...
SHE-Marts & The Next Frontier Of Women-Led Development In India Building...
Policy UpdateTanvi NerurkarIntroductionIn the last thirty years, rural women’s development in India has gone through several stages. It began with welfare programs focused on...
BRICS In A Fragmented World: Challenges For India’s Presidency – IMPRI...
Anil Trigunayat India hosted the Foreign Ministers of the BRICS countries in New Delhi in the backdrop of the US and Israeli war on Iran...
Chabahar Port: India’s Strategic Connectivity Gamble Between Iran Policy And US...
Policy UpdateAsmatwaliBackgroundThe Chabahar Port project has, for over a decade, occupied a singular place in India’s foreign policy imagination: a deep-water gateway on Iran’s...
























