National Urban Digital Mission (NUDM) 2024: A Framework for Integrated Urban Governance
NUDM was launched as a new scheme in 2024, under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs along with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology,
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Centre for Excellence in AI for Education
The Centre of Excellence in AI for Education was announced in the Annual Financial Statement (FY 2025-26) with a budgetary allocation of ₹500 crores to transform the education landscape into AI-aided teaching, personalised education and skill development. Five National Centres for skilling in AI, robotics and cybersecurity shall be set up to address the requirements of the industry worldwide in curriculum designing, training of trainers, skill certification and periodic assessments in order to make the workforce of India globally competitive.
Impactful Policy Research in Social Sciences (IMPRESS) 2018
To revolutionize India's policy research space in the true sense, IMPRESS has to move beyond being a selective academic grant program to being an inclusive national knowledge production machine. As a young researcher, I envision the future of policy innovation occurring in open, diverse, and democratized research environments, not in hierarchical constraints. Visualizing IMPRESS in this way will not only establish it as a funding program, but as a driving force for India's intellectual and socio-economic balance.
As Global Tariff Tensions Rise, India Must Recalibrate Its Incentive Framework
The week in review was dominated by US president Donald Trump, as every week has been since his inauguration on January 20.
Alternate Investment Funds (AIFs) for Startups – Funding India’s Innovation Engine 2016
The Alternate Investment Funds (AIFs) structure, especially via the Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS), has become a driving force in fostering India's startup environment. It has effectively gathered substantial local capital, aided more than 1,000 startups, and played a role in job creation as well as regional economic growth.
Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Satellite Towns (UIDSST), 2009
According to the census 2011, nearly 78 million individuals migrated from rural to urban areas. This increase was due to the availability of better opportunities, higher wages, better education and healthcare in the urban areas. This migration along with the naturally increasing population growth and expansion of borders accelerated urbanization.