Launched by the Department of Information Technology and Communication, iStart Rajasthan serves as the state government’s premier, sector-agnostic platform dedicated to fostering grassroots innovation, executing investment matching, and scaling early-stage ventures.
Policy UpdateAditi Patra Background India is the most populated country in the world as of 2026- with 1.47 billion people. While it can be viewed as a strength, it also proves to be its weakness in terms of its healthcare…
The Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for Telecom and Networking Products was launched by the Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications (DoT), on February 24, 2021, with an aggregate fiscal outlay of ₹12,195 crore over a five-year implementation horizon. The scheme provides financial incentives ranging from 4% to 7% on the net incremental sales of domestically manufactured telecom equipment over a baseline year. Historically, however, India operated as a heavy net importer of core network intelligence, running massive trade deficits with global manufacturing hubs such as China and the European Union.
Nayanshi Jain Introduction India’s governance architecture is undergoing a paradigm shift from paper-based administration to digitally enabled public management, driven by initiatives such as Digital India Programme and broader civil service reforms. The Digital India programme was launched in 2015,…
As economies become increasingly characterised by widening wealth disparities, market concentration, and the growing dominance of large corporations, the search for more equitable and participatory models of development has acquired renewed urgency.
The rise of AI and India's journey towards the flagship process of the IndiaAI mission, which kicked off on March 7, 2024, under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, under the banner of IndiaAI, which is a section of the Division of Business under Digital India Cooperation.
On 15 December 2025, Union Education Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan introduced the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan (VBSA) Bill in the Lok Sabha. The Cabinet had approved it three days earlier, on 12 December 2025. In simple terms, this Bill proposes to completely overhaul the way India regulates its universities and colleges, something that has not happened since Independence.