Aravind UnniShalini SinhaEvery year, over 450 million workers, many of them migrants, engaged in agriculture, construction, street vending, sanitation, and transport are exposed to dangerous heat levels. Now that India has notified heat as a disaster, its success...
Anil TrigunayatThe grammar of the West Asia war is changing yet again. While on the battlefront Iran may have comparatively lost in grey-zone warfare, it has been perceived as a winner, even if in wars there are only losers,...
Mecca Agreement complicates India’s strategic calculus at a time when its key partners are caught in competing conflicts and alliancesInsightsAnil TrigunayatIt is ironic that all of India’s strategic partners are engaged in devastating warfare, adversely impacting her well-being, directly...
Policy Update Manisha KumariBackgroundThe Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS) was introduced in February 2009 as a component of the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) to provide basic financial support to persons with severe or multiple disabilities belonging...
Policy Update Tanisha HoodaBackgroundBiopharma SHAKTI (Strategy for Healthcare Advancement through Knowledge, Technology and Innovation) was proposed in the Union Budget 2026–27 to develop India as a global biopharma manufacturing hub. The initiative has an outlay of ₹10,000 crore over...
Policy UpdateAshi VermaBackground India generates one of the largest volumes of data globally, yet this data remains fragmented across ministries, institutions, and private silos. This fragmentation posed a critical challenge for students, researchers, and innovators seeking authentic, machine-readable, and...
Policy Update Arjya Shree PandeBackground The electronic National Pension System (eNPS) is the online platform of India’s National Pension System (NPS), developed to enable seamless digital registration, contribution, and account management. NPS itself was introduced by the Government of India...
Arun KumarThe Union government has used tricks to get agitations to end by promising much but not delivering on them.Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned under extreme pressure. His resignation was a precondition of Sonam Wangchuk and the Cockroach Janta...
Arun KumarThe methodology that has been used to compute the GDP does not capture the decline in the economy in a quarter when the economy suffers a shock. The previous year’s good performance is projected and the indicators are...
Policy UpdateNeha KumariBackgroundThe Minimum Support Price (MSP) is a government-announced price at which certain crops are purchased from farmers. It was introduced to protect farmers from sharp price falls during harvest seasons and to ensure them a minimum income....
