Policy UpdateArushi JainBackground to the Historic DayOn 24 July 2025, India and the United Kingdom signed the much-awaited India–UK Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)—a Free Trade Agreement that the two prime ministers have described as a ‘historic day’ for...
Policy UpdateMadhur ThaparBackgroundThe National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 is a landmark legislation that legally guarantees the right to food for a significant portion of India’s population. Its core aim is to ensure that every individual has access to...
Policy UpdateAnamta HusainBackground:The Free Coaching for SCs, OBCs, and beneficiaries of the PM CARES Children Scheme is an initiative taken by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India. The scheme aims to provide high-quality coaching to...
Policy UpdateSrikkoni BasuBackground:The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) recently launched a SOAR Programme – Skilling for AI Readiness, during Bharat SkillsNXT 2025 Summit. This is a landmark move aimed at improving the youth of India to evolve...
Policy insights Srikkoni BasuBackgroundWith the initiation of the Digital India Programme in 2015 by the Government of India, the emphasis on awards grew drastically. The original name of the prize was the Web Ratan Award, which was launched in...
Policy UpdateKumar AnkitBackgroundCritical minerals, from lithium and cobalt to rare earth elements, have become linchpins of the modern economy. They are the new oil of the twenty-first century for electric vehicles, semiconductors, solar panels, wind turbines, and advanced batteries...
Policy UpdateSwanami GhoshBackgroundThe Biotechnology Career Advancement and Re-orientation (BioCARe) Programme is a targeted initiative by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), under the Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India. The programme started with an objective to enhance the...
Policy UpdateTuba AtharBackground:According to the ILO (2020), around 90 percent of India’s workforce is engaged in the unorganized sector, which absorbs most of the internal migrants. The 2011 Census enumerated 450 million internal migrants, and this is estimated to...
Policy UpdatePrithvi NaohIntroductionThe Know Goa Programme (KGP) is a flagship cultural and engagement initiative by the Department of Non-Resident Indian (NRI) Affairs, Government of Goa, launched in 2008. Targeted at second- and third-generation Goans living abroad, the programme aims...
Policy UpdateSrishti SinhaIntroductionInformation and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are omnipresent, widely used, and vitally important in today’s world. Everything under the sun; all kinds of services and knowledge are available online. These were created to make life easier for everyone,...
