Tag: Assessing

Policy Update Pritha ChowdhuryBackgroundWetlands and lakes are important aquatic ecosystems that support biodiversity, regulate water flows, recharge groundwater, store carbon, and provide livelihoods to...

Policy UpdateVibha SethiA Strategic Policy Update on Decarbonizing Hard-to-Abate Sectors and Recalibrating National Income Accounting Frameworks.BackgroundTraditional economic growth metrics have long faced criticism for...

Policy UpdateAyan BordoloiBackgroundThe BRICS Vaccine Research and Development (R&D) Centre is an almost imperceptible entity, as it took a long time to establish the...

Policy UpdateSandra MenonIntroductionThe development path taken by India for many decades has been plagued by a structural contradiction; that the forest land required for...

Policy UpdateAyan BordoloiBackgroundNagaland has implemented Disaster Risk Transfer Parametric Insurance Solution (DRTPS), commonly known as DRTPIS, which represents a shift from a mostly public...

Policy UpdateDivya NatarajanBackgroundThe Ease of Living Index (EoLI) is a Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) assessment tool designed to help Indian cities...

Policy UpdateGargi BishtBackgroundThe COVID-19 lockdown exposed a fundamental weakness in India’s labour-market architecture: millions of workers possessed valuable skills and extensive work experience but...

Policy UpdatePrisha SachdevaBackgroundSchool education in India has long relied on public investment alone to meet the twin challenges of infrastructure gaps and learning-resource shortages,...

Ayana N KBackground Kerala’s Tribal Resettlement and Development Mission (TRDM) traces its origins to one of the most consequential Adivasi mobilisations in the state’s history....

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