Policy UpdateArjya Shree PandeBackgroundThe National Mental Health Policy (NMHP) of India was unveiled on 10 October 2014 by the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare as the country’s first dedicated policy framework for mental health (Press Information Bureau,...
Policy UpdateArjya Shree PandeBackgroundThe National Mental Health Policy (NMHP) of India was unveiled on 10 October 2014 by the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare as the country’s first dedicated policy framework for mental health (Press Information Bureau,...
Policy Update Pritha ChowdhuryBackgroundWetlands and lakes are important aquatic ecosystems that support biodiversity, regulate water flows, recharge groundwater, store carbon, and provide livelihoods to local communities. However, increasing urbanisation, untreated sewage, industrial effluents, encroachment, solid-waste dumping, excessive nutrient loading...
Policy UpdateVibha SethiA Strategic Policy Update on Decarbonizing Hard-to-Abate Sectors and Recalibrating National Income Accounting Frameworks.BackgroundTraditional economic growth metrics have long faced criticism for overlooking environmental externalities, resource depletion, and ecological degradation. In India, the conventional Gross Domestic Product...
Policy UpdateAyan BordoloiBackgroundThe BRICS Vaccine Research and Development (R&D) Centre is an almost imperceptible entity, as it took a long time to establish the institution. Its concept was first introduced during the 2018 Johannesburg Summit, where South Africa offered...
Policy UpdateMadhesh Raj P RBackground In recent years, heatwaves have become a major concern worldwide. The recent incidents of heatwaves have shown the severe effects of climate change and the urgent need to address environmental challenges, especially in India. Between...
Policy UpdateSandra MenonIntroductionThe development path taken by India for many decades has been plagued by a structural contradiction; that the forest land required for mining, road-building, power transmission, and industry projects was also land that had been pledged to...
Policy UpdateAyan BordoloiBackgroundNagaland has implemented Disaster Risk Transfer Parametric Insurance Solution (DRTPS), commonly known as DRTPIS, which represents a shift from a mostly public expenditure approach on disaster towards the creation of disaster risk capacity beforehand. The distinction matters....
RAUSHAN RAJBackgroundIndustrial Context of Bihar Before 2016Bihar Industrial Investment Promotion Policy (BIIPP), 2016 emerged from the need to increase the role of industry in Bihar’s economic development. The original policy described Bihar as primarily agrarian while arguing that a...
Atharva SalunkeIndia’s agricultural price policy serves a purpose beyond supporting individual farmers: it helps manage the economic uncertainty inherent in food production. The Union Cabinet’s approval of higher Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for Rabi crops for the 2026–27 marketing...
