Category Center for Human Dignity and Development

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Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) Schemes: Budget Allocation and Beneficiary Coverage 2026

Policy Update, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Center for Work and Welfare, Gender, Pluralism and Social Inclusion, Governance and Law

Social justice in India extends beyond income support to addressing the educational, economic and social disadvantages faced by historically marginalised and vulnerable communities. The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) implements a wide range of schemes covering Scheduled Castes (SCs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Economically Backward Classes (EBCs), De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes (DNTs), senior citizens, transgender persons, sanitation workers, persons affected by substance abuse and other disadvantaged groups. The Ministry's Annual Report 2025–26 lists major interventions across education, economic empowerment, skill development, rehabilitation, social protection and enforcement of protective legislation (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, 2026).

IMPRI Desk
September 16, 2026

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Khelo Bharat Niti 2025: Can India Build a Sustainable Sports Economy?

Policy Update, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Center for Work and Welfare, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes, Social Sector, Society, Literature, Arts, Sports and Culture

Ever since Independence, India's sports policy has, at best, been viewed primarily through the lenses of international competition and national prestige and, at worst, through the lens of public scrutiny following disappointing performances on the global stage. India has often been described as a "sleeping giant" in world sports, a country with immense talent and demographic potential, yet constrained by persistent logistical, infrastructural, and institutional challenges.

IMPRI Desk
September 16, 2026

Welfare Governance for Gig Workers under the Social Security (Central) Rules, 2026

Policy Update, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being

Most of us order food and book cabs without thinking much about the person on the other end of the app. There are a lot of them. NITI Aayog (2022) counted 7.7 million gig and platform workers in 2020-21, about 6.7% of India's non-agricultural workforce, and expected 23.5 million by 2029-30.

IMPRI Desk
September 16, 2026

When Every Voice Counts: India and the International Day of Democracy (September 15)

Policy Update, Center for Human Dignity and Development

Policy UpdateTanisha Background The UN General Assembly created this observance by consensus on 8 November 2007, through Resolution 62/7, moved by Qatar during a debate on new and restored democracies. The date it picked, 15 September, was not random: it…

IMPRI Desk
September 14, 2026

Kerala’s Old-Age Pension Landscape: The Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (1995)

Policy Update, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Center for Work and Welfare, Centres, Insights, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes

Angela Rajeev Background The ‘Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS)’ is the largest facet of the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) and has been run by the Ministry of Rural Development since 1995 (Ministry of Rural Development, 2025).…

IMPRI Desk
September 12, 2026

Gen Z and the Changing Nature of Political Engagement.

Center for Human Dignity and Development, Insights, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being

In the elections to the State Assemblies of Keralam, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam, and the Union Territory of Puducherry, one emerging pattern had been the engagement, or lack thereof, of the younger generation, the Gen Zs in particular, in the electoral process.