Category Center for Human Dignity and Development

Singareni Collieries in Sathupalli: Community Perspectives,Environmental Realities, and the Changing Face of Rural Telangana

Rachel Grace Namburi Background The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) is a pillar of Telangana’s coal industry and a key driver of the region’s economic development. Jointly owned by the Government of India and the Government of Telangana, SCCL has…

National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC)

National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC) is a fully-owned undertaking of the Government of India under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (M/o SJ&E). It was established on January 24, 1997, as a “Not For Profit” company under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013.

Scholarship Scheme: National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS), 2008

National Means cum Merit Scholarship Scheme is a central sector scheme announced by the former Finance Minister, P Chidambaram, in the 2007-08 annual budget. The Ministry responsible for the scheme's functioning is the Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education. This scheme provides scholarships to economically disadvantaged students to prevent dropouts after class VIII and encourage continued education. 

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) performs various duties, the significant ones among them in - Internal Security, Administration of the Border, Centre-State Relationship, The Administration of Union Territories, The Administration of the Central Armed Police Forces, Disaster Management, etc.

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting: Guardians or Gatekeepers?

The MIB, established post-independence, runs media platforms like Doordarshan and All India Radio, with the aim of reaching government policies to people. Its remit grew with digital media, introducing devices like the Press Sewa Portal and working on the Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill since 2023 to control content.

Justice on Paper: Why Public Policy Still Fails Rural Women

When I first stepped into a remote village in Rajasthan for a legal literacy camp, I thought I
carried something powerful — knowledge of the law. I believed the law, especially Public
Interest Litigation (PIL), could open doors for those who had always been shut out. But what I
didn’t expect was the silence that followed when I asked a group of rural women if they had ever heard of PIL.

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