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Ecomark Rules, 2024: Strengthening India’s Framework For Sustainable Consumption
Policy UpdateSaachi SaxenaBackgroundEnvironmental policy is moving beyond regulating factories and emissions towards influencing what consumers buy and what firms produce. The Ecomark Rules, 2024,...
Shared River, Stalled Promise: The Mahakali Treaty Revisited (1996) – IMPRI...
Policy UpdateNinchen TamangBackgroundThe Mahakali Treaty of 1996, formally the “Treaty between His Majesty’s Government of Nepal and the Government of India Concerning the Integrated...
Digitalization Of Land Records – West Bengal
Kanchan MondalLand is emotive, social, and intensely political. But it also very concrete, and material. It isflexible and mobile. There is nothing abstract about...
Rajasthan Department Wise Schemes Update 2026
Policy UpdateAshi VermaBackground Rajasthan, with geographical area of 3,42,239 sq km as largest state and 7.9 crore population as seventh most populous, is characterised by...
Code On Social Security, 2020: Towards Inclusive Social Security For India’s...
Policy UpdateVishal KumarBackgroundThe global labour market has undergone a fundamental transformation since the 2008 global financial crisis. Traditional employment relationships have increasingly given way...
Mahtari Vandan Yojana, Chhattisgarh (2024): Women’s Welfare Through Direct Cash Transfers...
Policy UpdateKaranvi ShendeBACKGROUNDMahtari Vandan Yojana is a women-centred social-protection scheme of the Chhattisgarh government. Launched on 1 March 2024, it provides monthly financial assistance...
Heat Action Plans In India (2013 Onwards): From Reactive Emergency Response...
Background In May 2010, Ahmedabad experienced a severe heatwave, with temperatures reaching 46.8°C. The heatwave was associated with 1,344 excess all-cause deaths in the city...
Strengthening Regulatory Governance In India: The Role Of Risk-Based Inspection Systems...
Soham DuttaShould every business be inspected in the same way?Imagine two food businesses operating under the same regulatory framework. One has maintained a strong...
Small Hydro Power Development Scheme (2026)
Policy Update Purbaa JagannathBackgroundSmall hydropower is among the oldest and most geographically democratic forms of renewable energy in India, capable of delivering firm, round-the-clock...
This Raksha Bandhan, UP Should Extend MMJAA To All Women Voters...
Manorama BakshiArjun KumarOn Raksha Bandhan, threads of silk and cotton are tied across millions of households in Uttar Pradesh to signify care, responsibility, and...
























