Policy UpdateAnto Mariya M MBackgroundThe Ganga River, which runs for about 2,525 km, was declared the National River of the country in 2008. However, the river is not immune to the challenges of pollution and excessive water abstraction. Every...
Urvashi SinghalPolicy UpdateBackgroundIndia is known to be a country with high biodiversity and a vast array of domesticated crop species and their wild relatives. With more than 811 domesticated crop species and 902 crop wild relatives, the country has...
Policy InsightPrashail TripathiBACKGROUNDThe Atmosphere & Climate Research-Modelling Observing Systems & Services (ACROSS) scheme is one of the five schemes that have been merged together under a unified umbrella scheme of the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences, collectively known as...
Tikender Singh PanwarIndia’s urban future cannot be scripted in auditoriums in Gurugram. It must be built in the everyday struggles of councillors, sanitation workers, street vendors, and residents who are fighting to make their cities liveable.Commuters move through a...
Amruta MagarWe often say numbers don’t lie — but the truth they tell depends on where, and how, we look. In my recent study, “Quantitative Assessment of Women’s Representation and Influence in Maharashtra’s Governance and Public Policy (2005–2025),” I set out to...
BK Ritu ThakkarWhen I began my research on “Conscious Leadership for Global Impact and Growth: Insights from Women-Led Institution – Brahma Kumaris”, I knew I was stepping into a living laboratory of leadership—one that did not just exist in...
Meyhar Kaur WaliaAbstractTheoretical frameworks that have shaped public policy and governance discourse have historically been developed through a largely patriarchal lens. These dominant paradigms often excluded or overlooked women’s lived experiences, marginalizing feminist thought and gender-based perspectives. Despite the...
Noholie BonnerjeeIntroductionSelf-Help Groups (SHGs) are voluntary associations that aim to improve the economic conditions of rural communities. Participants from various rural/local communities, including women, are involved in these groups, restricted to twenty participants by legal frameworks (Jose, 2023). They...
T.K ARUNIn a sign that July GST collections are likely to be more robust than the anaemic June figures, the call money rate and weighted average tripartite repo rate went up in India, as banks saw the demand for funds go up, to...
Nilanjana BordoloiThe public health narrative on mental health care access in India revolves around infrastructure, implementation challenges, cultural stigma and resources. This record misses the capture of a deeper issue, the gendered influence on mental health care access.From working...
