Policy UpdateKatyayani SinhaBackground At COP26 in Glasgow on 1 November 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled five ambitious climate commitments for India, collectively known as Panchamrit, which translates to “five nectars” in Sanskrit. These pledges include: (i) 500GW of non-fossil...
Manorama BakshiArjun KumarIndia cannot claim first-world economic productivity while its citizens remain exposed to third-world, catastrophic medical bills. Healthcare shocks routinely force households to sell assets, take on debt and cut essential spending, trapping families in a cycle of...
Manorama BakshiArjun KumarGoa’s Health Assurance QuestionIndia’s health protection landscape has gradually moved from fragmented, state-specific insurance arrangements towards broader public assurance systems. Within this shift, Goa offers a distinctive model. The Deen Dayal Swasthya Seva Yojana (DDSSY) is not...
Policy UpdatePrisha SachdevaBackgroundThe IndiaAI Mission is developing foundation models — large-scale AI systems trained on vast datasets that can be adapted to a wide range of downstream tasks. These include Large Language Models (LLMs) and other model types that...
Policy UpdateManisha KumariBackgroundBihar’s agricultural future may increasingly depend not only on how much it produces, but also on what it produces and how much value farmers can obtain from it. In this context, the emergence of dragon fruit, or...
Aditi Narayani Paswan To understand the chaos gripping our educational spaces — as seen in the recent protests in Delhi and elsewhere — it is necessary to revisit Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s concept of the Social Contract. Rousseau has noted, “True political...
Policy UpdateNivedya MuraliBackground Bringing women to the forefront in the wider political and economic discourse is very crucial for the development of our country and to reach its vision of Viksit Bharat (Developed India ) by 2047. BRICS Women Ministerial...
Policy UpdateSruti HalderBackgroundIndia’s immigration regime had, until 2025, been governed by four separate statutes spanning more than a century: the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920, the Registration of Foreigners Act, 1939, the Foreigners Act, 1946, and the Immigration...
Policy UpdateSneha KohliBackground National Suicide Prevention Strategy (NSPS) was launched by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) in December 2022. The goal of the programme is to reduce suicide mortality by 10% by 2030. (Press Information Bureau , 2025)....
Vasudha SharmaIndia is often described as one of the youngest countries in the world. According to the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, about 65% of India’s population is below the age of 35. This is frequently presented as...
