iGOT Karmayogi: Digital Capacity Building for Civil Servants and Its Future
India’s civil services are a key aspect of its public administration and serve as its backbone, which helps in executing planned policies into real-life actions.
Category Center for Work and Welfare
Rural Women’s Property Revolution : NHFS-6 on Women Property Ownership
Mansi Tirthani Background In India property ownership is one of the most significant pillars of socio-economic empowerment but for an individual Indian woman it is a source of her dignity, financial security and to gain gender equality in the society.…
The Trilemma of Direct Benefit Transfers and Welfare Fiscal Policies on Governments During Inflation
Mansi Tirthani Background Over the past decade, India’s welfare mechanism at macro economic level, has transitioned from indirect, leaky based subsidies into a more direct and digitized version focusing on asset and cash distribution networks. Based on the already existing…
The Gendered Cost of Depreciating Rupee
Mansi Tirthani Background Indian rupee is under global pressure hitting historic lows to ₹95 per dollar. This macro volatility ceases to be a mere statistic but in reality it transforms into a structural crisis that impacts women differently. Macroeconomic shocks…
Mission Indradhanush: India’s Universal Immunisation Drive
India, for a long time, has been facing a serious problem: children dying and suffering from diseases that could have easily been prevented by vaccines.
Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan) 2015 : An Analysis of Progress and Challenges
Prior to 2015, India's disability policy was governed by the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 which was a welfare-oriented statute that referenced non-discrimination in access to transport and public spaces but created no enforceable accessibility standards or implementation timeline.
Annapurna Yojana in West Bengal: Income Support and the Changing Nature of Welfare
West Bengal has a long tradition of state-sponsored welfare programmes aimed at alleviating poverty and reducing socio-economic inequality. In 2021, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee introduced the Lakshmir Bhandar Scheme, a monthly cash transfer programme targeting women from economically weaker households. The scheme quickly became a flagship welfare initiative, enrolling approximately 2.21 crore (22.1 million) women across West Bengal before being replaced by the Annapurna Bhandar scheme in mid-2026. (West Bengal Government)