TK ArunFor Indian languages to realise their full potential for glory, make effective teaching of English an integral part of schooling, so that English is not an aspiration, but an automatic facility for all high-school graduatesIndian languages can evolve...
Policy UpdateHarshita MaheshwariAboutNational Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation (NBCFDC) is a Government of India undertaking under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The Corporation was founded on January 13th, 1992, under Section 25 of the Companies Act,...
Policy UpdateParth LathiyaBackgroundIn March 2015, the government of India launched the PRAGATI — Proactive Governance and Timely Implementation scheme which is a digital platform that fast-track the execution of high-priority government projects and resolve inter-departmental bottlenecks through direct intervention...
Policy UpdateChetan GuptaThe Southern Ocean is the broad ocean that encircles the Antarctic continent. It is the second-smallest of the five oceans, larger than the Arctic Ocean but smaller than the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. The Southern Ocean...
Policy UpdateChetan GuptaThe Southern Ocean is the broad ocean that encircles the Antarctic continent. It is the second-smallest of the five oceans, larger than the Arctic Ocean but smaller than the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. The Southern Ocean...
TK ArunThe fictional entertainment for credulous children contained in the World Bank’s recent report on inequality relates to its assertion that India is the world’s fourth least unequal country. Image: iStockIf you thought fairytales were all written long, long...
Policy updateUrvashi SinghalBackgroundThe Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (MoPA) is one of the most important agencies of the Government of India, which is tasked with coordinating and facilitating legislative business between Parliament’s two houses, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Founded...
Policy UpdateSrishti SinhaBackground eTaal (Electronic Transaction Aggregation & Analysis Layer) is an initiative by the Government of India, developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). It serves as a centralised platform...
Policy UpdateRashmi KumariIntroduction India’s rapid urbanization has led to enormous pressure on its transport systems, and the urban population of India is expected to reach around 600 million by 2031(National Commission on Population, 2019), resulting in heavily congested, polluted, and...
Harsh V PantVivek MishraFor anyone who is piqued by US President Donald Trump’s deceptive diplomacy, where ‘strategic ambiguity’ is a policy choice, his volte face on North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) offers key insights. During the recently-held NATO summit...
