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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...
Creditor-Led Resolution: How The IBC Amendment Bill (2025) Speeds Up Insolvency...
Policy UpdateSruti HalderBackgroundThe Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016 established a time-bound framework for resolving corporate insolvency through the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT),...
France’s Feminist Foreign Policy And Its Role In Development Cooperation
Policy UpdateDevanandhana CFrance’s Feminist Foreign Policy is an example of how a state can connect diplomacy, development and gender equality. This is a diplomatic...
Kishtwar’s Hydropower Revolution: Development, Energy Security And Local Challenges
Vishal KumarBackgroundKishtwar district has emerged as a strategic centre for hydropower development in Jammu and Kashmir because of the hydropower potential of the Chenab...
From Deterrence To Preparedness: Analysing India’s ₹52,000 Crore Defence Modernisation Drive
Atharva SalunkeIndia’s security environment has changed fundamentally over the last decade. Conventional military threats continue to exist, but they are now accompanied by rapidly...
India – Nepal Border Relations 2026: Cooperation, Connectivity And Strategic Challenges
Policy UpdateSimona Miriam HughesBackground:The India-Nepal border has been regarded as one of the most distinctive international boundaries in the world. The boundary is...
