Background India introduced the National Action Plan to Combat Desertification (NAPCD) in 2001 after joining the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The plan was not just a policy decision, it was also a response to a reality that…
The National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013, was introduced by the Government of India to strengthen the Public Distribution System (PDS) in India, in order to provide food and nutritional security by ensuring access to food of sufficient quantity and quality to all beneficiaries. Before this Act, all households of India with a valid ration card received a fixed amount of commodities at a subsidised rate under the Targeted Public Distribution System.
The Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN) represents a historic commitment to bring the most disadvantaged parts of its indigenous population, specifically those belonging to Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs), out of decades of underdevelopment. PM-JANMAN is a three-year mission with a multidimensional approach, committed to bringing basic needs and opportunities to the most remote areas of the country, thus closing an equity gap that has persisted for decades.
Groundwater depletion is one of the most pressing challenges in Tamil Nadu’s western districts, particularly Coimbatore, Tiruppur, and Erode, which fall in the semi-arid belt of the state. Over the past three decades, unsustainable borewell extraction, irregular rainfall, and shrinking surface water storage have created recurring agrarian distress.
The Coastal Shipping Bill is a legislation passed on August 7, 2025, to strengthen and modernise the Indian Maritime Sector and bolster the Coastal Economy. This progressive piece of legislation replaces part XIV of the Merchant Shipping Act, which regulates ships excluding sailing vessels, which limited its scope.
Is the Union government bent on pushing Ladakh into the company of the disturbed parts of India's extensive frontier territories, as yet another place where large sections of the local population see the Indian state as oppressor, rather than as protector and enabler?
The North East Road Sector Development Scheme was launched during the Financial Year 2015-16, to take up rehabilitation, construction, and/or upgradation of the following categories of roads (including bridges on the roads) in the North Eastern Region (NER) in order of priority: