Policy UpdateSruti Halder Background India’s immigration regime had, until 2025, been governed by four separate statutes spanning more than a century: the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920, the Registration of Foreigners Act, 1939, the Foreigners Act, 1946, and the…
Policy UpdateSneha Kohli Background National Suicide Prevention Strategy (NSPS) was launched by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) in December 2022. The goal of the programme is to reduce suicide mortality by 10% by 2030. (Press Information Bureau [PIB],…
India is often described as one of the youngest countries in the world. According to the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, about 65% of India's population is below the age of 35. This is frequently presented as a demographic advantage, a large young population that can contribute to India's economic and social development. But while researching youth participation for my public policy fellowship, I found myself thinking about a different question: If India is so young, how young is its democracy?
India’s tourism system has always been characterized - in the language of none less than the Ministry of Tourism’s own task force - as extremely fragmented, where the country’s Central departments, its state tourism bodies, and many private players have operated separate, incompatible data and service-management infrastructure. This diagnosis took official form for the first time in the National Digital Tourism Mission (NDTM) report,
India’s rapid expansion of digital payments has increased the speed and convenience of financial transactions, but it has also created new avenues for cyber-enabled financial fraud. Since fraudulent funds can be siphoned off quickly, timely reporting and immediate intervention are critical to preventing further financial loss. The Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System (CFCFRMS) was specifically launched to enable immediate reporting of financial frauds and prevent fraudsters from siphoning off funds (Press Information Bureau, 2026).
On 9 June 2016, the Government of India launched the Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA), a scheme built on a deceptively simple premise: that if every pregnant woman in the country were examined by a qualified physician and appropriately investigated at least once during her second or third trimester, a measurable share of preventable maternal and neonatal deaths could be averted.