Policy UpdateAditya Sharma BackgroundGovernment websites had always exhibited significant inconsistencies in terms of design, technology, content, and accessibility, resulting in challenges to the delivery of service and engagement of citizens using them. Hence, there was a clear need for...
Policy UpdateAnjana MBackgroundSwachh Bharat Swachh Vidyalaya (SBSV) is a national campaign driving ‘Clean India: Clean School’ launched by the Government of India on 25th September 2014, an initiative focused on improving sanitation and hygiene practices in Indian schools. It...
Policy UpdateElenora Tu’uBackground:India-Fiji relations are deeply rooted in a shared historical journey, tracing back to the ancestral legacy of indentured laborers who first migrated to Fiji under Bristish colonial rule.In a recent program on Urban Policy and City Planning...
Policy UpdateElenora Tu’uBackground:The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA & FW) is one of two constituent departments under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, the other being the Department of Agriculture, Research and Education (DARE).DA&FW is primarily...
Policy UpdateNomula Pranay GoudBackground:The role of the Ministry of Jal Shakti 2019, which was established in May 2019, arose out of the consolidation of two established ministries the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation and the...
Policy UpdateMadhur ThaparBackground:The Aarogya Maitri aid cube stands as a symbol of strategic outreach and indigenous innovation, being a one of its kind modular, portable and rapidly deployable disaster and trauma care unit. In an increasingly multipolar world, India...
Policy UpdateAnjana MBackgroundThe number of Indian students pursuing higher education programs abroad is estimated to stand at nearly 10.9 lakhs as of July 2019 (Student Registration Portal, MEA). In order to collect data about the number of Indian students...
Policy UpdateAnjana MBackgroundThe Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozghar Yojana is a government program designed to encourage employers to create new jobs, provide social security benefits, and compensate workers who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Launched under the Ministry of...
Policy UpdateAnto Mariya M MBackgroundThe PM Young Achievers Scholarship Award Scheme for Vibrant India (PM-YASASVI) integrates the existing schemes aimed at uplifting students from Other Backward Classes (OBC), Economically Backward Classes (EBC), and Denotified Tribes (DNT) under a single...
Policy UpdatePrithvi NaohIntroduction In India’s very diverse educational ecosystem, the idea of reformations and innovations are not just welcomed but a very basic need for that arises from time to time. The Glue Grant for higher educational institutions is one...
