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Digitalization of Land records – West Bengal

Land is emotive, social, and intensely political. But it also very concrete, and material. It is
flexible and mobile. There is nothing abstract about land. In being able to physically identify
and demarcate it, while also flexibilizing it and socializing it, land’s particularities need to be
acknowledged and respected. Land as land is worthy of study. Land is central of existence
irrespective of where we are on the planet. Nikita Sud argues that land is not simply the
solid surface of the earth it is best understood as a materially and conceptually dynamic
realm, intimately tied to the social.

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Rajasthan Department wise Schemes Update 2026

Rajasthan, with geographical area of 3,42,239 sq km as largest state and 7.9 crore population as seventh most populous, is characterised by sixty percent Thar desert, scattered habitations, low population density in western districts of Barmer and Jaisalmer, tribal concentration in southern districts of Udaipur, Banswara, Dungarpur and Pratapgarh, and high incidence of drought and groundwater stress. These structural features make effective welfare delivery central to state development strategy.

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Code on Social Security, 2020: Towards Inclusive Social Security for India’s Workforce

The global labour market has undergone a fundamental transformation since the 2008 global financial crisis. Traditional employment relationships have increasingly given way to flexible platform-mediated forms of work collectively referred to as the gig economy. In India, this transition has been driven by rapid urbanisation, widespread smartphone adoption and the expansion of the digital economy. Gig work refers to income-generating activities performed outside conventional employer-employee relationships. It includes platform-based work facilitated through digital applications such as Swiggy, Zomato and Uber as well as non-platform gig work, including casual wage labour and freelance services.

Mahtari Vandan Yojana, Chhattisgarh (2024): Women’s Welfare through Direct Cash Transfers

Mahtari Vandan Yojana is a women-centred social-protection scheme of the Chhattisgarh government. Launched on 1 March 2024, it provides monthly financial assistance of ₹1,000 to eligible women through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). The official scheme portal states that the programme seeks to promote women’s economic self-reliance, improve health and nutrition, reduce gender-based inequality and strengthen women’s decisive role within the family.

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Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) (2013): Assessing Child Health Screening and Early Intervention

The Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) was launched on 6th February 2013, at Palghar in Maharashtra under the National Rural Health Mission, with the aim of identifying health problems in children at an early stage (Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, 2013). Its approach was built around the “4 Ds”:

defects at birth, diseases, deficiencies and developmental delays, including disability, with an initial target of screening more than 27 crore children between 0 and 18 years of age (Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, 2013).

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