Agamya GoyalPolicy UpdateBackgroundLaunched on 4 March 2024 during DefConnect 2024, the ADITI Scheme (“Acing Development of Innovative Technologies with iDEX”) is part of the Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) framework under India’s Department of Defence Production. With a total...
Policy UpdateAditi Singh KaushikBackground:A comprehensive scheme (RMEWF) to provide financial assistance to non-pensioner Ex-Servicemen discharged from their duties due to organizational constraints, or at their own will, and traces its genesis to the year 1981. In 1981, financial assistance...
Policy UpdateIlma Ahmad SamirIntroductionIndia has renewed its call for increased and reliable climate finance from the developed nations in the lead-up to COP30 (Brazil, 2025), framing it as essential for meeting domestic and global climate goals. While the Loss...
Harsh V PantShairee MalhotraOn July 24, India and the UK signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), officially referred to as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), wrapping up over three years of negotiations and fourteen rounds that began...
Aashvee PrishaPolicy UpdateBackground The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) was created by renaming and expanding the former Ministry of Shipping in November 2020.1 Prime Minister Narendra Modi noted this change brings “clarity in name, and more clarity in...
Policy UpdateNomula Pranay GoudIntroductionAir Traffic Management (ATM) includes coordination of air traffic and the airspace in air traffic control (ATC), airspace management (ASM), air traffic flow management (ATFM). The major purpose of ATM is to secure the effective and...
Policy UpdateKarthik RameshBackgroundThe Gram Manchitra portal is a Geographic Information System (GIS) based web platform developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India. Launched in 2023, it aims to empower rural...
Policy UpdateKiranmanonmani. YIntroduction‘Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare it for today’- Malcolm X.Education is a powerful weapon to uplift family standards within a generation. However, many students face financial barriers while...
Policy UpdateAnto Mariya M MBackgroundAs India is home to the largest youth population in the world, leveraging their potential is crucial for the country’s growth. This demographic dividend must be effectively channelled with adequate opportunities for both personal and...
Policy UpdateKhushiIntroductionWhen we think of governance, most of us imagine big offices, ministers, and heavy paperwork. But real governance, the kind that touches people’s everyday lives, actually happens in villages, in small meetings under trees, or in community halls...
