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  • Joined: August 6, 2023
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NITI Aayog – State Support Mission (2025–26): Strengthening Cooperative Federalism and State-Level Development Planning

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India’s development depends not only on policies made at the national level but also on how effectively each State and Union Territory (UT) plans and works towards its own development. Every State has different strengths, challenges and priorities. Keeping this in mind, NITI Aayog introduced the State Support Mission to strengthen coordination between the Centre and States/UTs. The Mission aims to help States identify their strengths, set clear development priorities and prepare practical roadmaps for achieving their socio-economic objectives by 2047, while remaining aligned with national priorities.

Mainstreaming ESG in India’s Industrial Policy: Transitioning from Compliance to Strategic Growth

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As India pursues its vision of becoming a $5 trillion economy while fulfilling its Net Zero commitment by 2070, integrating Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles into national industrial policy is no longer optional—it is a strategic necessity. While regulatory bodies like the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) have mandated Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting (BRSR), ESG adoption remains largely siloed from broader industrial initiatives, including Production Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes. This policy article examines the imperative to shift from "compliance-driven" to "strategy-driven" ESG adoption. It highlights key bottlenecks faced by Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), explores global carbon-trade pressures, and proposes a data-driven policy roadmap to embed sustainability into the core of India’s industrial framework

The Supreme Court Just Caught AI Faking Precedents. The Harder Problem Is What It Cannot Catch.

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On 2 July 2026, the Supreme Court of India delivered a judgment unlike any before it. In
Pooja Ramesh Singh v. Jammu and Kashmir Bank, it set aside orders of the NCLT and the
appellate tribunal after discovering that the tribunal had relied on judgments that did not
exist, fabricated by an artificial intelligence tool and cited as if they were law. The Court
declared zero tolerance, held that a decision resting on hallucinated material is no decision
in the eyes of the law, and directed the Bar Council of India to frame guidelines and
disciplinary consequences. Justice Narasimha's bench insisted that a human must remain in the loop at every stage of adjudication.

Troubled Waters: Revisiting the India-Bangladesh Teesta River Agreement (1983, 2011 and Beyond)

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The Teesta is a 414-kilometre transboundary river originating from the Pahunri (Teesta Kangse) glacier in the Sikkim Himalaya. It flows through Sikkim and West Bengal before entering Bangladesh, where it eventually joins the Brahmaputra. The river is joined by tributaries such as the Rangeet. The Teesta is a fast-flowing Himalayan river characterised by high velocities, heavy sediment loads and seasonal fluctuations in discharge

PM VISHWAKARMA SCHEME  AND CREDIT INFLOWS FOR MICRO-ENTERPRISES (2023)

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The structural architecture of India’s informal economy has historically been sustained by traditional artisans and craftspeople who provide foundational services across rural and semi-urban landscapes. Despite their critical contribution to cultural preservation and local self-reliance, these micro-enterprises have long remained textually and financially excluded from organized banking networks and formal credit mechanisms.

Production-Linked Incentive–Advanced Chemistry Cell (PLI-ACC) Engine: A Friend-Shoring Trade Alliance with the UK-India Free Trade Agreement (2025)

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Globalisation for several decades has been treated as a dominant paradigm that elevated efficiency as the ultimate moral principle. Capital would go wherever the cost of labor was lowest; production concentrated where economies of scale existed on a large enough scale to take advantage of them; and national boundaries continued to erode due to frictionless movement in global trade. However, history always seems to find its way back. Recent supply chain disruptions combined with increased geopolitical tension at many of the key trade choke points have exposed a significant weakness: Efficiency without Resilience is a Trap.

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