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Old Promises, New Threats: India’s Climate Pledges Leave Women’s Safety in Disaster Risks Unprotected

Climate change-induced disasters in India disproportionately affect women, deepening vulnerabilities and increasing risks such as health crises, displacement, and gender-based violence. While India has advanced on some climate commitments, its disaster risk reduction policies lack a strong gender-responsive focus. This article highlights these gaps, drawing on international frameworks like the Sendai Framework, and offers recommendations for integrating women’s security into climate adaptation strategies to build a more resilient and equitable future.

Housing for All- A Comprehensive Introduction to the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Gramin

The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Gramin was launched on 20th November, 2016 and is a program by the Ministry of Rural Development, implemented by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. PMAY-G aims to provide a “pucca” house with the basic amenities, such as a kitchen and a washroom, to those deprived of proper shelter and living in “kutcha” houses” in rural areas by the target year of 2024. The Scheme has been further expanded in 2025. The PMAY-G addresses the rural housing shortage and bridges the housing deficit in rural areas of India, contributing significantly to the mission of Housing for All. An important feature of the PMAY-G is the selection of beneficiaries. To ensure that help is given to those who are genuinely deprived and to ensure that the selection is completely unbiased and objective, the scheme selects beneficiaries using housing deprivation parameters underlined in the Socio-Economic and Caste Census, 2011.

(PM-JANMAN): Empowering Tribal Communities through Solar Energy-2023

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.

Syria’s Second Spring: Regime Change, Regional Chessboard & Rising Uncertainties

Sudden removal of longstanding autocrats has become increasingly common at least since the Arab Spring in 2010 when public furore and street anger and popular frustration — combined and engineered with regime change agendas of regional and global powers, led to Ben Ali, Gaddafi and Mubarak’s unceremonious departure from power.

Mission for Cotton Productivity (2025-26)

In the 2025-26 Budget, cotton farmers, who suffer from low productivity, have been provided with a huge relief with the announcement of a five-year Cotton Productivity Mission. The Department of Agricultural Research & Education (DARE) is the Nodal Department, responsible for the implementation of the Mission.

Beyond Policy: Unpacking the Evolution of the Integrated Watershed Management Programme’s Development Component (2009-10)

The Integrated Watershed Management Program (IWMP) was launched in 2009–10 after an urgent demand for a unified, landscape-based strategy for natural resource management emerged from these overlapping vulnerabilities.

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