Kerala’s K-AI Initiative: AI for Governance under Kerala Artificial Intelligence Mission (K-AIM)
Kerala has always been a pioneer in adopting technology for governance, from e-literacy to e-governance
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Andhra Pradesh Department-Wise Schemes Update 2026
Following state bifurcation in 2014, Andhra Pradesh stands as India’s seventh-largest state, encompassing 162,975 sq. km with a 2011 Census population of 4.95 crore
National Programme for Dairy Development 2014:Assessing Dairy Infrastructure, Productivity and Rural Livelihoods (2021-2026)
The dairy industry is the mainstay of the Indian rural economy, providing employment to more than 80 million farmers of whom the majority are small and marginal farmers.
National Apprenticeship Training Scheme (NATS), 1961
Parliament passed the Apprentices Act in 1961, and it remains the legal basis for apprenticeship training in India. NATS is often described as a 1961 scheme, and some secondary sources cite 1973 as its launch year. Neither date tells the whole story.
Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana (BSVY), 2020 — Uttar Pradesh
World Day Against Child Labour falls every year on 12 June, and it usually passes with the sort of solemn statements governments issue on days like this: acknowledgment of a problem, a promise to do better. In 2020, Uttar Pradesh used the occasion differently. With the country still in the grip of the first wave of COVID-19, and with the informal economy that employed a large share of the state's working children in visible disarray, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath used 12 June 2020 to launch the Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana (BSVY), a scheme built on a fairly simple premise: pay a working child's family enough, regularly enough, that sending the child to school stops being a financial loss (Government of Uttar Pradesh, 2020, as cited in Press Trust of India [PTI], 2020).
India-South African Custom Union (SACU) Preferential Trade Agreement Negotiations (2026): Advancing India’s Economic Diplomacy and Trade Engagement with Southern Africa
The formal trajectory toward an economic integration framework between New Delhi and Southern Africa advanced significantly with the signing of the Terms of Reference for a Preferential Trade Agreement on August 12, 2026, at Vanijya Bhawan in New Delhi (Press Information Bureau [PIB], 2026a).
Mukhyamantri Bal Seva Yojana (MBSY), 2021 -Uttar Pradesh
The second wave of COVID‑19 during the summer of 2021 altered the discussion surrounding India’s challenges. Previous waves had failed to draw attention to a group of victims that is seldom mentioned initially: abandoned children. In Uttar Pradesh, the densely populated state, a similar occurrence took place. Reports began to emerge regarding children who had lost one or both parents to the infection, many too young to grasp the situation and numerous without any family member ready or capable of taking them in.