The launch of the National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) in April 2016 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoAFW), with the Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) acting as the lead agency, marked a pivotal institutional attempt to integrate India’s fragmented agricultural trade.
Manorama BakshiArjun Kumar As India maps its strategic trajectory towards the vision of Viksit Bharat @2047, the national discourse has increasingly shifted beyond economic growth to the broader foundations of human capital. For the country to emerge as a global…
India’s desire to become Viksit Bharat by 2047 can be fulfilled only if the economy grows at 8% annually for the next 21 years. But such optimism overlooks a structural crisis. The headline GDP numbers conceal a blurred reality (notes former Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian rightly).
Policy UpdateSruti Halder Background The National Asset Reconstruction Company Limited (NARCL) was conceived in the Union Budget 2021-22 as India’s government-backed “bad bank,” designed to aggregate and resolve large legacy non-performing assets (NPAs) sitting on the books of public sector…
The Competition Act, 2002 was enacted to promote fair competition, protect consumer interests, and prevent anti-competitive practices by establishing the Competition Commission of India (CCI). However, the rapid growth of digital platforms, data-driven business models, and technology-based markets exposed limitations in the existing competition framework, which was primarily designed for traditional markets. To address these emerging challenges, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) constituted the Competition Law Review Committee (CLRC) in 2018. The Committee submitted its report in 2019, recommending reforms to modernise India's competition law and make it more responsive to the evolving digital economy.
The official Consumer Price Index (CPI) data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) showed that India's headline retail inflation rose to 3.93% in May 2026, up from 3.48% in April 2026.
Policy UpdateShivali Yadav 1. Background The STRIVE project, or Skills Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement, was initiated by the Government of India via the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship with assistance from the World Bank. The agreement was executed…