Tag: Development
Panchayat Advancement Index 2.0 (2023-24): Data That Drives Local Development –...
Policy Update Ravirala LahariBackgroundThe 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992 gave Panchayati Raj Institutions constitutional status, and the Eleventh Schedule lists 29 subjects for...
Panchayat Advancement Index 2.0 (2023-24): Data That Drives Local Development –...
Policy Update Ravirala LahariBackgroundThe 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992 gave Panchayati Raj Institutions constitutional status, and the Eleventh Schedule lists 29 subjects for...
Japan-India-Africa Business Forum (2025): A New Trilateral Framework For Sustainable Development...
Policy UpdateDolly KaushikBackground and Institutional EvolutionThe strategic landscape of trilateral economic cooperation in the Indo-Pacific advanced significantly with the convening of the fourth edition...
Rakhine State Development Programme (2017): Assessing India’s Humanitarian And Development Diplomacy...
AYAN BORDOLOIBackgroundRakhine State is at a special place in India’s neighbourhood policy. It is situated on the Bay of Bengal, flanked by Bangladesh and...
MSME Development (Amendment) Act, 2026: Strengthening India’s MSME Ecosystem And Tackling...
Policy Update Arya GuptaBackground Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are a central component of India’s productive economy, contributing significantly to output, manufacturing, exports and...
Forum For India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) Development Initiatives And Quick Impact...
Policy UpdateHimanshi SinghBackgroundThe Forum for India–Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) was established in November 2014 during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s historic visit to Fiji, marking...
Tribal Resettlement And Development Mission, 2001: Assessing Kerala’s Tribal Land Rehabilitation...
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....
Mukhyamantri Palayan Roktham Yojana: Assessing Reverse Migration, And Rural Development In...
Policy UpdateGargi BishtBackgroundUttarakhand’s migration crisis presents one of India’s most acute demographic challenges. Between 2008 and 2018, approximately 118,981 persons migrated permanently from rural...
Power System And Development Fund (PSDF), 2014
Policy UpdatePurbaa JagannathBackgroundThe power sector was not the only challenge in the early 2010s for India. New inter-State electricity flows were accompanied by fast...
District Mineral Foundations (DMFs) In India, 2026: Can Mining Revenues Deliver...
Policy UpdateArya GuptaBackgroundMining imposes lasting social and environmental costs on the districts where it occurs including land acquisition, displacement, pollution, and depletion of forest...
