Tag: Challenge

Policy UpdateDivya NatarajanBackgroundThe City Finance Rankings is a Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) initiative that evaluates, recognises, and rewards India’s Urban...

Policy UpdateKarnavi ShendeBACKGROUNDOrunodoi is Assam’s flagship women-centred social-protection programme. Launched on 2 October 2020, it provides regular financial assistance to economically vulnerable households, with...

Santosh MehrotraIndia’s desire to become Viksit Bharat by 2047 can be fulfilled only if the economy grows at 8% annually for the next 21...

Policy UpdateMansi TirthaniBackgroundRecently the Supreme Court of India has recognized the Right to Walk on Footpaths as a Fundamental Right under Part III Article...

Ameya SatamIntroduction Section 301 allows the USTR (US Trade Representative) to scrutinize the acts, policies, and practices of foreign governments. It also decides if the...

Policy UpdateJayasreeBackgroundFood fortification is scientifically defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as the practice of deliberately increasing the content of one or more...

Arun KumarNepal is in turmoil even though calm seems to have been restored with the army taking charge and installing an interim prime minister....

Suhasini AyerThe review of master plans is never simply a technical exercise. It involves balancing strategies  for transportation networks, housing, infrastructure, social amenities, open...

DINESH KUMARIt has been almost three decades since the efforts to pitch groundwater against surface water began in India by a bunch of researchers...

 Anil TrigunayatPerhaps for Ahmed al-Sharaa, aka al-Jolani, displacing Assad with exemplary speed may not have been as important as his being embraced by President...