In October 2020, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) officially recognized and created the Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) as an innovative cell under the Ministry of Education. The concept was introduced through the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which acknowledged the rich heritage of ancient and eternal Indian knowledge as a guiding principle for education reform.
The Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG) was launched in 2010 by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) to cater to the nutritional and developmental requirements of out-of-school girls between the ages of 11–14 years. The scheme was launched with the aim of enhancing their health and nutritional levels, encouraging them to resume formal schooling and imparting life skills training.
The Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), previously called the Conditional Maternity Benefit (CMB)- the Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana, was implemented by the Government of India on 1st January 2017. It was first launched in 2010 and renamed in 2017. It is a centrally sponsored scheme executed by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, outlined to provide maternity benefits to support pregnant women and lactating mothers.
India's family planning programme, one of the oldest in the world, has seen considerable evolution. Yet, national progress masks deep regional inequalities.
Women in leadership roles, research, and policymaking spaces play a pivotal role in revolutionizing India’s economic, social, and political prosperity.
The PM-JANMAN solar scheme acts as an important instrument that will help tribal communities become active participants in sustainable development while preserving their cultural heritage alongside their ecological knowledge systems as India aims to reach its developed nation status by 2047.
In a bid to create a comfortable and friendly environment for doing business, Jan Vishwas Bill 2.0 has been introduced in the Union Budget 2025-26 speech. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while addressing a post-Budget webinar via video conferencing on “Regulatory, Investment and EODB (Ease of doing business) reforms”, stated that the government is committed to the simplification of regulatory processes and introduced the Jan Vishwas Bill 2.0 to decriminalise over 100 legal provisions which are outdated to achieve greater ease of doing business in the country.