Policy UpdateSruti HalderBackgroundFor over a decade, India’s principal industrial energy-efficiency instrument was the Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme, a rolling, cycle-based mechanism administered by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) under the Ministry of Power. PAT set legally...
Policy UpdateKatyayani SinhaBackgroundFor twenty-one years, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005 gave every rural household a legal entitlement to 100 days of unskilled work a year. Its funding was generous to states: the Centre covered...
Policy UpdateAmeya SatamBackgroundNations worldwide are transitioning rapidly from fossil fuels to clean energy sources as global energy policies are changing. Uranium is one of those clean energy sources that is getting a lot of demand on the international level...
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...
