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Government e-Procurement System (GePNIC)

The Government e-Procurement System of the National Informatics Centre (GePNIC) is one of India’s flagship digital governance projects under the National e-Governance Plan. Built by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, it was designed to replace cumbersome, paper-heavy procurement processes with a fully digital system. The goal was simple but ambitious : make government procurement faster, fairer, and more transparent.

Gender, Law, and Class: The Unseen Barriers to Justice for Marginalized Women

Gender, Law, and Class: The Unseen Barriers to Justice for Marginalized Women

The words of the police officer still echo: "Madam, why don't you just close the curtain to avoid such incidents?" This was his response after I, a lawyer, a woman dealing with the raw trauma of an incident, came to the police station for help. His words, dripping with patriarchal assumption, perfectly encapsulate the systemic and societal barriers women face.

Women at Construction Worksites: Why Women Matter in India’s Construction Sector

Women at Construction Worksites: Why Women Matter in India’s Construction Sector

from Madhavi Latha, the engineer who braved mountains to work on the world’s highest Chenab Bridge, to Akanksha Kumari, Coal India’s first female mining engineer, to the Border Roads Organisation appoints its first Woman Executive Engineer to command a road
construction Company, to Komatsu training its first Batch of women excavator Operators, to a team of 17 Women Engineers from L&T

Climate Finance Politics: India’s Strategic Push Ahead of COP30

Climate Finance Politics: India’s Strategic Push Ahead of COP30

India has renewed its call for increased and reliable climate finance from the developed nations in the lead-up to COP30 (Brazil, 2025), framing it as essential for meeting domestic and global climate goals. While the Loss and Damage Fund, operationalized at COP28, was a diplomatic breakthrough, actual contributions remain far below requirements.

Ministry Of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

Ministry Of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) was created by renaming and expanding the former Ministry of Shipping in November 2020.1 Prime Minister Narendra Modi noted this change brings “clarity in name, and more clarity in work” by explicitly including Ports and Waterways alongside Shipping

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