Policy UpdateRathin PathakIntroduction:NIPU-2026 is a new investment policy that aims to expand India’s domestic urea production by encouraging fresh gas-based manufacturing capacity and reducing import dependence. It was approved to improve supply security, make project economics more transparent, and...
Policy UpdateParidhi PassiBackgroundIndia’s push toward chemical-free agriculture did not begin with this mission. It builds on the Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Paddhati (BPKP), a sub-scheme that had been running under the Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana from 2020-21 to 2022-23, and...
Policy UpdateVaishnavi NandedkarBACKGROUNDThe Urban Spatial 3D City Model (Digital Twin) Project is a key initiative of Varanasi Smart City Limited (VSCL). The project aims to use geospatial technologies to improve urban planning, urban governance and public engagement. The city...
Policy UpdateDebjani ChatterjeeBackgroundIndia is home to one of the world’s largest youth populations, with millions of young people entering the labour market every year. While higher education enrollment has expanded significantly over the past decade, concerns regarding employability continue...
Policy UpdateArya Gupta1. BackgroundIndia’s medical devices industry has been unregulated, fragmented and import dependent. Until 2017, the industry was not subject to any specific regulatory regime. The first steps towards oversight were taken with the Medical Devices Rules, 2017...
Policy UpdateSairaj PatilBackground: The Government of India, under the Apprentices Act, 1961, implements the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) as one of two flagship Central Sector schemes supporting apprenticeship engagement in the country. Launched in August 2016 and continued as...
Policy Update Mansi TirthaniBackgroundFor decades, emergency communications operated within localized, siloed and web of copper wired telecommunications networks. These telephonic architectures were fragmented and primarily relied on citizens remembering distinct things. Where each public emergency service has unique digits...
Aditi Narayani PaswanRecently, there has been a renewed interest in Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS), not only in India but around the world. When one talks of IKS, one immediately thinks of classical Sanskrit texts and elite academies. There is...
Anil TrigunayatSyrian President Ahmed Al Sharaa, aka Mohammed Al Julani, is trying to navigate a difficult regional dynamic, especially in the Levant, as the conflict continues to escalate on several fronts, from Lebanon to Gaza to Israel to the...
Swaran SinghWith the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) losing much of its diplomatic momentum, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been gradually reclaiming its centrality in the Indo-Pacific.The clearest evidence emerged this week as Manila hosted the ASEAN...
