Policy UpdateManisha KumariBackgroundThe Accelerated e-Mobility Revolution for India’s Transportation (e-AMRIT) initiative was launched on 10 November 2021 by NITI Aayog in collaboration with the Government of the United Kingdom during the COP26 Summit in Glasgow. The initiative was developed...
Policy UpdateRashi KothariBackgroundThe launch of the National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) in April 2016 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoAFW), with the Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) acting as the lead agency, marked a pivotal institutional attempt...
Manorama BakshiArjun KumarAs India maps its strategic trajectory towards the vision of Viksit Bharat @2047, the national discourse has increasingly shifted beyond economic growth to the broader foundations of human capital. For the country to emerge as a global...
Policy UpdatePrisha SachdevaBackground IndiaAI Mission was launched in March 2024 and is centered on addressing existing gaps in data, research, and skill mismatch so that the benefits of AI can contribute to the growth of our country. The Ministry of...
Policy UpdateRathin PathakIntroduction:NIPU-2026 is a new investment policy that aims to expand India’s domestic urea production by encouraging fresh gas-based manufacturing capacity and reducing import dependence. It was approved to improve supply security, make project economics more transparent, and...
Policy UpdateParidhi PassiBackgroundIndia’s push toward chemical-free agriculture did not begin with this mission. It builds on the Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Paddhati (BPKP), a sub-scheme that had been running under the Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana from 2020-21 to 2022-23, and...
Policy UpdateVaishnavi NandedkarBACKGROUNDThe Urban Spatial 3D City Model (Digital Twin) Project is a key initiative of Varanasi Smart City Limited (VSCL). The project aims to use geospatial technologies to improve urban planning, urban governance and public engagement. The city...
Policy UpdateDebjani ChatterjeeBackgroundIndia is home to one of the world’s largest youth populations, with millions of young people entering the labour market every year. While higher education enrollment has expanded significantly over the past decade, concerns regarding employability continue...
Policy UpdateArya Gupta1. BackgroundIndia’s medical devices industry has been unregulated, fragmented and import dependent. Until 2017, the industry was not subject to any specific regulatory regime. The first steps towards oversight were taken with the Medical Devices Rules, 2017...
Policy UpdateSairaj PatilBackground: The Government of India, under the Apprentices Act, 1961, implements the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) as one of two flagship Central Sector schemes supporting apprenticeship engagement in the country. Launched in August 2016 and continued as...
