Policy UpdateAravindsamy RBackgroundLaunched in January 2019, under PMAY‑Urban, the Global Housing Technology Challenge‑India (GHTC‑India) represents a policy innovation aimed at addressing India’s urban housing deficit through technology-led solutions. While PMAY‑U has sanctioned approximately 11.8 million and completed around 8.4 million homes...
Policy UpdateGauri KhannaIntroduction Bharat Ko Janiye (BKJ) is an initiative, launched in 2015 by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India, to allow Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) and foreign youth to connect with...
Policy UpdatePrithvi NaohIntroductionAs the world becomes increasingly globalized, diaspora communities have come to play an active role as transnational connectors. These are people and families who have moved across borders but continue to keep strong roots in their homelands....
Policy UpdateAnamta HusainPradhan Mantri Dakshata Aur Kushalata Sampanna Hitgrahi (PM-DAKSH) Yojana is a Central Sector Scheme implemented by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE), Government of India. Launched in 2020-21, the scheme is focused on the upliftment...
Policy UpdateHarshita MaheshwariBackgroundModernization and Removal of Obsolescence (MODROBS) is one of the quality improvement schemes by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). It aims to modernize and eliminate obsolescence in laboratories, workshops, and computing facilities (libraries are...
Policy UpdateTuba AtharBackground‘Abhilekh Patal’, a search portal of the department of archives, was launched in March 2015 as a digital reference platform for historical records. The digitisation of historical records was launched to make the rich archival treasure accessible...
TK ARUNThe subjective compulsion might be Netanyahu’s need to keep a war going to stay in power, but the objective result is driving home the point that might is right:As Israel and Iran exchange missiles, and Iran gets battered,...
Policy UpdateKrishna SunishBackgroundIn the last two years, India’s Government has made giant achievements in digital governance, particularly under the flagship initiative Digital India. As more government departments adopt digital mechanisms, data generation at both the ministry and state levels...
Policy UpdateRishap SinghBackgroundThe Agnipath Yojana, launched on June 14 2022, by the Government of India, marks a significant shift in the recruitment and human resource management of the Indian Armed Forces ( Hooda, D.S., 2022). This scheme addresses the...
Policy Update Diva BhatiaBackgroundIndia’s three-tier system of local governance: comprising of Gram Panchayats (village level), Panchayat Samitis (block level) and Zilla Parishads (district level) in rural areas, Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats in urban areas, was constitutionally...
