Against the backdrop of a falling Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 1.5, significantly below the replacement-level fertility rate of 2.1 required to maintain a stable population, the Andhra Pradesh Government has proposed a Population Management Policy aimed at encouraging higher fertility rates through financial incentives and family-support measures.
Policy UpdateShivali Yadav BACKGROUND On 29 July, 2021, Vidya Pravesh was launched by the Prime Minister to commemorate one year of the NEP ( National Education Policy) 2020. This is a 3-month play-based school preparation programme being offered in all…
Policy Update Asmatwali Background India’s Overseas Development Partnership (ODP) has evolved from a modest post-independence solidarity gesture into one of the most consequential instruments of New Delhi’s foreign policy. Rooted in the Colombo Plan (1950) and later institutionalised through the…
For decades, the standard critique of the Indian public health sector was its single-minded obsession with "demand-side" adjustments.
India’s defence indigenisation drive received a significant boost with the establishment of a radar manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu through the joint venture ELTX Systems Pvt. Ltd.
Over the past two decades, India’s urban transport planning has shifted heavily toward high-cost, capital-intensive metropolitan rail systems. Promoted as the definitive solution for traffic congestion, vehicular emissions, and rapid urbanization, billions of dollars have been systematically funneled into building heavy rail infrastructure.
Space is no longer a purely scientific domain; it has become a strategic theatre of competition. Modern warfare depends heavily on satellites for communication, navigation, intelligence gathering, missile warning, surveillance and precision targeting.