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Crop Diversification Program

Crop Diversification Program

Indian agriculture has long been centered around a few staple crops, primarily rice and wheat. While this heavy focus was very helpful after the Green Revolution in ensuring food security, with time it has also created many problems such as overuse of groundwater, soil exhaustion, and limited income growth for farmers.

India-Africa: Leveraging Digital Public Infrastructure for Economic Growth (2025)

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India- Africa cooperation has long emphasised development through technology and capacity-building. India’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI)- the interoperable building blocks of digital identity, payments and data platforms- has been central to its Digital India transformation.

India – Nordic Nations: Blue Economy and Maritime Trade

India - Nordic Nations: Blue Economy and Maritime Trade

India's maritime geography and economic needs make it a global leader of an emerging blue economy that encompasses fisheries, renewable energy, sustainable shipping, biotechnology, and coastal tourism. The blue economy contributes nearly 4% of India's GDP. With more than 95% of India's trade (by volume) carried through sea routes, maritime sustainability is critical to India’s national interests.”

Department Zero: The Undervalued Sub-Basement of the Economy

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They switch the lights on before sunrise. Long before the market registers productivity, women — especially lower-class women — do the invisible work that makes that productivity possible: raising children, preparing food, cleaning, nursing, walking miles for water, looking after elderly relatives, and often working for wages in other people's homes.

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