Policy Update Prisha SachdevaBackgroundFoundation models, national compute infrastructure, and sovereign datasets alone cannot sustain India’s AI ambitions without a parallel mechanism to fund the startups building on top of them. The IndiaAI Startup Financing pillar was conceived to fill...
Arya GuptaBackgroundFollowing the National Medical Devices Policy (NMDP) 2023, evidence available by 2024 suggested that the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Medical Devices had successfully encouraged domestic production of complex medical devices, including MRI and CT scanners. However,...
Policy UpdateShailja SinghBackgroundArtificial Intelligence (AI) is gaining ground as a transformative force in public administration, economic production, and public services. But for states, the challenge is not just adopting new technologies but creating the ecosystem to support their widespread...
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....
