Policy UpdateKarnavi ShendeBackgroundMukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana is Maharashtra’s large-scale monthly cash-transfer programme for women from lower-income households. Announced in the State Budget in June 2024 and operationalised through a Government Resolution dated 28 June 2024, the programme provides...
Policy UpdateRashi KothariBackground & Structural ContextOver the past decade, India’s integration with the global digital economy has driven a rapid increase in foreign currency transactions by resident individuals. From overseas education expenses and international business travel to cross-border e-commerce...
Policy UpdateAshi VermaBackground Gujarat has emerged as a pioneer in India’s artificial intelligence landscape with the establishment of its Centre of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence, Gandhinagar. Inaugurated on 27 January 2025 by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, the CoE reflects the...
Policy UpdatePragya RaghavBackgroundThe Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) emerged from the Shanghai Five Mechanism established in 1996 by China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to address border disputes and build mutual trust. It was formally established as the SCO in...
Policy UpdateMannat AbbotBackgroundUttar Pradesh, with a geographical area of 2,40,928 sq km and a projected population of around 23.8 crore, is India’s most populous state and one of its most densely populated. The state is characterised by the fertile...
Tikender Singh PanwarOn the morning of August 26, a wall of ice, rock and water tore down from Langtang-Lirung through the Bhotekoshi valley into Nepal and Tibet. Villages vanished. Bridges that had stood for generations were gone within minutes....
Policy UpdateRitobrata PurkayasthaBackgroundThe launch of the Biopharma SHAKTI (Strategy for Healthcare Advancement through Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation) scheme in the Union Budget 2026–27 marks a decisive structural pivot in India’s health-industrial policy. Backed by an outlay of ₹10,000 crore...
Vibha SethiBackground India’s export architecture has historically remained concentrated within prominent industrial clusters and metropolitan port cities, leaving the vast economic potential of its interior districts largely underutilized. To address this structural imbalance and drive grassroots economic formalization, the One...
Tikendar Singh PanwarEducation is not a factory floor; a campus without politics produces obedient labour, not democratic citizens.In the elections to the State Assemblies of Keralam, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam, and the Union Territory of Puducherry, one emerging pattern...
Policy UpdatePurbaa JagannathBackgroundElectricity is a concurrent-list subject in India, and the framework for national-level power sector planning was laid down by the Electricity Act, 2003, which mandates the Central Government to formulate a National Electricity Policy (NEP) in consultation...
