Policy UpdateRakhi KumariBackgroundIndia and Canada’s relationship goes back a long way, built on shared democratic values, a large Indian diaspora of nearly 1.8 million people, and growing trade ties. It’s a partnership that runs deeper than just Commonwealth history....
Policy UpdateShruti SethiIntroduction Against the backdrop of a falling Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 1.5, significantly below the replacement-level fertility rate of 2.1 required to maintain a stable population, the Andhra Pradesh Government has proposed a Population Management Policy aimed...
Policy UpdateVishal KumarBackgroundThe global labour market has undergone a fundamental transformation since the 2008 global financial crisis. Traditional employment relationships have increasingly given way to flexible platform-mediated forms of work collectively referred to as the gig economy. In India,...
Policy UpdateShivali YadavBACKGROUND On 29 July, 2021, Vidya Pravesh was launched by the Prime Minister to commemorate one year of the NEP ( National Education Policy) 2020. This is a 3-month play-based school preparation programme being offered in all States...
Manorama BakshiArjun KumarFor decades, India’s public health system relied largely on demand-side interventions such as expanding insurance coverage and beneficiary support. While these measures improved financial access to healthcare, they frequently encountered a structural constraint: the lack of adequate...
Policy Update AsmatwaliBackgroundIndia’s Overseas Development Partnership (ODP) has evolved from a modest post-independence solidarity gesture into one of the most consequential instruments of New Delhi’s foreign policy. Rooted in the Colombo Plan (1950) and later institutionalised through the Indian...
Manorama BakshiArjun KumarFor decades, the standard critique of the Indian public health sector was its single-minded obsession with “demand-side” adjustments. Whenever a public health crisis emerged, the policy reflex was to expand beneficiary lists, float insurance scripts, or tinker...
Policy UpdateRiddhi SutharBackground India’s defence indigenisation drive received a significant boost with the establishment of a radar manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu through the joint venture ELTX Systems Pvt. Ltd., formed between DCX Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries (through its...
Policy UpdateRashi KothariAbstractOver the past two decades, India’s urban transport planning has shifted heavily toward high-cost, capital-intensive metropolitan rail systems. Promoted as the definitive solution for traffic congestion, vehicular emissions, and rapid urbanization, billions of dollars have been...
Policy UpdateRiddhi SutharBackground Space is no longer a purely scientific domain; it has become a strategic theatre of competition. Modern warfare depends heavily on satellites for communication, navigation, intelligence gathering, missile warning, surveillance and precision targeting. The policy trajectory emerged...
