Policy UpdateAditi Singh KaushikBackground:Indigenous communities make up 6.2% of the global population. Today, around 476 million Indigenous peoples live across 90 countries and speak more than 4,000 languages. They account for a significant portion of the world’s biodiversity and...
Policy UpdateArya UkeyContextThroughout India’s long process of social equality, education has been a prime lever of change. For Scheduled Castes (SCs), historically excluded from quality education through institutional exclusion and economic disadvantage, bridging this educational divide cuts across the...
Policy Update SivapriyaOverviewAccording to the Indian Forest Survey Report 2023, India has a mangrove cover of 4991 sq km, marking a net increase of 363 sq km since 2013. In 2023-24, the Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change announced...
TK ArunThose who had hoped that PM Modi’s friendship with Trump would help India stave off severe tariffs should wake up to reality. The notion that the relations between nations can be shaped by personal sentiment at the highest...
Policy UpdateAgamya GoyalBackgroundInitiated in 2011, National Voters’ Day (NVD) is commemorated annually on 25 January, marking the establishment of the Election Commission of India on 25 January 1950. The core aim is to foster voter awareness and streamline the...
Urban Policy and City Planning– Cohort 3.0 | Theme: People-Centric Cities | An Online International Monsoon School Program | A One-Month Immersive Online Introductory Certificate Training Course | August 2025 | IMPRI #WebPolicyLearningParticipants List & DetailsUrban Policy and City Planning- Cohort 3.0Theme: People-Centric CitiesAn Online International...
Policy UpdateSiddharthBackgroundConceived as part of India’s Digital India mission, the Government eAuction System is a centralized, fully digital platform created by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology. The portal allows central and...
Policy UpdateAditya SharmaBackgroundIndia’s healthcare sector faces persistent structural challenges that undermine its ability to serve a population of over 1.4 billion people. The doctor-to-patient ratio stands at 1:1,596, well below the World Health Organization’s recommended 1:1,000 , while public...
Policy UpdateTanmyi AnthwalBackground:Back in 2014–15, the Indian government established the National Fellowship for Other Backward Classes (NF-OBC) program under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to increase the chances for OBC students to pursue higher education and earn...
Policy UpdateUrvashi SinghalBackgroundThe Income-Tax Bill, 2025 is a comprehensive redesign of India’s direct taxation regime, based on the decades-old Income-Tax Act, 1961, which by 2025 had become cumbersome from having a large number of amendments and mounting litigation.The Finance...
