Tag: Development

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...

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...

Policy UpdateArya GuptaBackgroundMining imposes lasting social and environmental costs on the districts where it occurs including land acquisition, displacement, pollution, and depletion of forest...

Policy UpdateAyan BardoiBackgroundThe dairy industry is the mainstay of the Indian rural economy, providing employment to more than 80 million farmers of whom the...

Policy UpdateShivali Yadav 1. BackgroundChallenge-Based Destination Development (CBDD) originates from the Union Budget 2023-24, whose Paragraph 93 announced that tourism would be taken up ‘in...

Ravirala Lahari1. Background: What Is the Digital Development Compass? Governments across the world routinely describe themselves as pursuing ‘digital transformation,’ yet few possess a...

Policy UpdateAyan BordoloiBackgroundIndia’s demographic dividend is the biggest economic asset that the country has but a long-standing mismatch between academic learning and industry demanded...

Policy UpdateNayanshi JainIntroductionIndia’s Infrastructure Ambition and the Role of PPPsIndia’s infrastructure requirements are expanding rapidly, making private investment an important complement to public spending....

Policy Update Prisha SachdevaBackgroundThe IndiaAI Mission was launched in March 2024 with a total outlay of ₹10,371.92 crore over five years to build a...

Policy UpdateVishal KumarIntroductionJammu & Kashmir’s welfare and development framework combines social protection with interventions in agriculture, healthcare, women’s mobility, renewable energy, property, education and...