Policy UpdateAshi VermaBackgroundThe Global Initiative of Academic Networks – GIAN was introduced by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, in 2015. The primary objective of the initiative was to enhance the quality of higher education in India by...
Policy UpdateSandra MenonBackgroundFor over a hundred years, India’s cooperative movement has supported grassroots economic life, from village credit societies and sugar mills to national dairy giants. While there are more than 8 lakh functional cooperative institutions involving around 30...
Policy UpdateKhushiBackgroundThe 73rd Constitutional Amendment gave Panchayati Raj Institutions constitutional status and strengthened the framework for decentralised governance. However, effective local self-government also requires financial capacity. Article 243H of the Constitution enables State legislatures to authorise Panchayats to levy,...
Policy UpdateMannat AbbotBackgroundStartups in India face a range of finance related challenges which have an effect on their growth and sustainability. Financial constraints are one of the most important challenges in the growth path of startups. Getting enough funding...
Policy UpdateAnushree KhareBackgroundThe global pharmaceutical sector for decades has been operating with a hyper-specialized and cost-driven business model. Under this approach, western pharmaceutical giants have used their capital to invest in high-margin research and development, patent acquisition and initial...
Policy UpdateKatyayani SinhaBackground At COP26 in Glasgow on 1 November 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled five ambitious climate commitments for India, collectively known as Panchamrit, which translates to “five nectars” in Sanskrit. These pledges include: (i) 500GW of non-fossil...
Manorama BakshiArjun KumarIndia cannot claim first-world economic productivity while its citizens remain exposed to third-world, catastrophic medical bills. Healthcare shocks routinely force households to sell assets, take on debt and cut essential spending, trapping families in a cycle of...
Manorama BakshiArjun KumarGoa’s Health Assurance QuestionIndia’s health protection landscape has gradually moved from fragmented, state-specific insurance arrangements towards broader public assurance systems. Within this shift, Goa offers a distinctive model. The Deen Dayal Swasthya Seva Yojana (DDSSY) is not...
Policy UpdatePrisha SachdevaBackgroundThe IndiaAI Mission is developing foundation models — large-scale AI systems trained on vast datasets that can be adapted to a wide range of downstream tasks. These include Large Language Models (LLMs) and other model types that...
Policy UpdateManisha KumariBackgroundBihar’s agricultural future may increasingly depend not only on how much it produces, but also on what it produces and how much value farmers can obtain from it. In this context, the emergence of dragon fruit, or...
