Tag: welfare
KALIA Scheme: Assessing Odisha’s Farmer Welfare Programme And Its Transition To...
Policy UpdateLubina DuaBackgroundOdisha’s agricultural economy has long been marked by deep structural vulnerabilities. The state is home to one of India’s largest concentrations of...
Pradhan Mantri Cha Shramik Protsahan Yojana (2024): Assessing A Targeted Welfare...
Policy UpdateShruti SethiBackground India’s tea industry occupies a distinctive place in the country’s rural economy. It is the world’s largest producer and consumer of black...
Sectoral Priorities In The West Bengal Budget 2026–27: A Focus On...
Policy UpdateShruti SethiBackground On June 22, 2026, West Bengal’s newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, led by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, presented its first...
VB-G RAM G And Rural Employment: A Shift From Rights-Based Welfare...
Policy UpdateAkshat JangidBackgroundOn 21 December 2025, the President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu gave assent to the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and...
The Trilemma Of Direct Benefit Transfers And Welfare Fiscal Policies On...
Mansi TirthaniBackgroundOver the past decade, India’s welfare mechanism at macro economic level, has transitioned from indirect, leaky based subsidies into a more direct and...
Annapurna Yojana In West Bengal: Income Support And The Changing Nature...
Policy UpdateShruti SethiBackground West Bengal has a long tradition of state-sponsored welfare programmes aimed at alleviating poverty and reducing socio-economic inequality. In 2021, the Trinamool...
Grant-in-Aid Scheme For Child Labour And Women Labour (2003): Supporting Community-Based...
Policy UpdateVishvaney AgarwalBackgroundThe Grant-in-Aid Scheme for Child and Women Labour occupies a relatively overlooked position within India’s labour welfare framework. Originally introduced in 1981-82...
Transgender Welfare: Assessing The NHRC Framework
Policy updatePrabhjot DayalBackgroundThe landmark NALSA v. Union of India (2014) Supreme Court judgment marked a historical milestone for equality under Article 14 of the...
The Great Welfare Retreat: How Budget 2026–27 Quietly Dismantled India’s Social...
Jyoti PooniaNew data and political developments since February reveal the deepening stakes behind the replacement of MGNREGA, cuts to health and environment, and the...
Raksha Mantri Ex-Servicemen Welfare Fund Skill Support For Widows – 2025...
Policy UpdateAditi BishtBackgroundWhen a husband dies due to an accident, natural causes or illness, widows of ex-servicemen (ESM) are left in financial distress and...
