Policy UpdateSrishti Sinhasource: https://hindi.mysba.in/prime-ministers-employment-generation-program-pmegp/IntroductionThe Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) is India’s flagship credit-linked subsidy scheme for promoting micro-enterprises in the non-farm sector. Launched to expand self-employment opportunities and absorb surplus labour through entrepreneurship, PMEGP blends bank credit with...
Policy UpdateSivapriyaSource: https://ucil.gov.in/jobportal/public/index.phpBackgroundThe Uranium Corporation of India Limited was established in 1967 as a Public Sector Enterprise under the administration of the Department of Atomic Energy. It operates with the vision of developing and implementing a technology suitable for...
Gauri GuptaThe urgent need for climate transition has increased the profile of deep-sea mining (DSM) as a possible source of the metals necessary for a transition to renewables. The need for cobalt, nickel, manganese, copper and rare earth elements,...
Public Policy Qualitative Participatory Action Research Fieldwork Fellowship- Cohort 6.0 | An Online National Monsoon & Autumn School Program | A Five-Month Online Immersive Qualitative Participatory Action Research Fieldwork Certificate Fellowship | July – November 2025 | IMPRI #WebPolicyLearningFellow...
Omkar ShelarIntroductionAgriculture plays a crucial role in economic growth especially in poor countries where rural people maintain their survival by farming. Economic development in rural areas is driven by agricultural progress. Although farmers are traditionally depicted as men, women...
Bhargavi S RaoRain-fed farming has traditionally escaped policy and funding attention, though it engages more than 60% of India’s farmers. In Karnataka’s Koppal, it now finds itself competing with state-backed solar farms for real estate, at a considerable social...
Rishap SinghHyderabad stands as a symbol of modern Indian aspiration, its glittering Financial District acting as a beacon for white-collar professionals across the country. These skilled migrants, the software engineers, managers, and consultants, are the undisputed economic engines of...
Sabitri SanyalAbstractThis project explores the imperative of embedding trauma-informed socio-emotional learning (SEL) and comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) into the secondary government school curriculum in urban India. Many adolescent students, especially girls in marginalized urban communities, face unaddressed trauma from...
Policy UpdateElenora Tu’uIntroduction:Cross border integration is a strategic imperative for regional energy security, economic growth, and climate resilience. This article argues that while the initiative has made commendable progress, emerging regulatory and infrastructural challenges must be addressed to unlock...
Melvin DIntroduction Millions of adolescents across the globe suffer silently from uncorrected refractive errors (URE) such as myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. Despite being easily treated with corrective lenses, these vision problems remain one of the leading, yet under-addressed, public health...
