Tag: welfare

Policy UpdateKarnavi ShendeBackgroundMukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana is Maharashtra’s large-scale monthly cash-transfer programme for women from lower-income households. Announced in the State Budget in...

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...

Policy UpdateKhushiBackgroundThe Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY) was introduced in 2021–22 by merging three Centrally Sponsored Schemes: the Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram...

Policy UpdateKaranvi ShendeBACKGROUNDMahtari Vandan Yojana is a women-centred social-protection scheme of the Chhattisgarh government. Launched on 1 March 2024, it provides monthly financial assistance...

Policy UpdateNivedya MuraliBackground Bringing women to the forefront in the wider political and economic discourse is very crucial for the development of our country and...

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...

Policy UpdateAshi VermaBackground:- India has the largest population in the world, and it continues to grow. A significant part of this population consists of senior...

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...

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...

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...