Tag: State
From Climate Plan To Climate Action: Assessing Kerala’s State Action Plan...
Policy UpdateAyana N KBackground Kerala’s first State Action Plan on Climate Change came out in 2014, but by the time a decade had passed, it...
Mapping India’s State Wise Old-Age Pension Schemes – IMPRI Impact And...
Policy UpdateAngela RajeevBackgroundOld-age pensions are one of the oldest tools of social protection anywhere. In India it sits at the crosshairs of elderly poverty...
NITI Aayog – State Support Mission (2025–26): Strengthening Cooperative Federalism And...
Policy UpdateTanisha HoodaBackgroundIndia’s development depends not only on policies made at the national level but also on how effectively each State and Union Territory...
Transgressionary State: Transgender Amendment Act Is A Step Back On Freedom,...
TK ArunTransgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act dilutes rights seriously enough to attract adverse commentary from Rajasthan High Courtand Supreme Court’s advisory panel...
Rethinking Tiger Conservation: Why The State Must Take The Lead March...
TK ArunIndia promised tax certainty through grandfathering. The Supreme Court’s Tiger Global verdict undermines that. It’s the government that must restore credibility.It is a...
Selling Survival: What Air And Water Reveal About State Failure –...
Tikender Singh PanwarDelhi’s air crisis is not an isolated failure. It is part of a larger civilisational collapse, one where the state has quietly...
Post-Maoism And The State: The Future Of Governance In Affected Regions...
Niranjan SahooIndia’s Fifth Schedule areas became the hotbed of Maoist insurgencies due to administrative neglect, exacerbating discontent and a lack of representation of tribal...
State Science & Technology Programme
Policy UpdateRitu MishraBackgroundThe State Science & Technology Programme (SS&TP), initiated by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) Government of India in 1971, aims...
Sovereign Firms Vs. Sovereign State: India’s Blueprint For Digital Diplomacy
Kedar BhasmeThe world of diplomacy has been transformed by technology companies that exercise power once reserved for states. In New Delhi, this shift prompts...
Health Services Through Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) – 1952 –...
Policy UpdateSrishti Sinha:IntroductionThe promulgation of the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (ESI Act), by the Parliament, was the first major legislation on social Security...
