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Navigating European Union Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (EU CBAM): Evaluating India’s Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme

The global pharmaceutical sector for decades has been operating with a hyper-specialized and cost-driven business model. Under this approach, western pharmaceutical giants have used their capital to invest in high-margin research and development, patent acquisition and initial clinical design. Simultaneously, capital intensive, environmentally demanding, and low margin segments of manufacturing. Especially the synthesis of key starting materials (KSMs) and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), were successively exported to developing Asian economies with lower overhead costs and more flexible regulatory frameworks.

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India’s COP26 “Panchamrit” Climate Pledges (2021) – Progress Scorecard

At COP26 in Glasgow on 1 November 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled five ambitious climate commitments for India, collectively known as Panchamrit, which translates to “five nectars” in Sanskrit. These pledges include: (i) 500GW of non-fossil energy capacity by 2030; (ii) meeting 50% of energy requirements from renewable energy by 2030; (iii) cutting projected cumulative carbon emissions by 1 billion tonnes between then 2030; (iv) reducing the emissions intensity of GDP by 45% from 2005 levels by 2030; and (v) achieving net zero emissions by 2070.

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Building a Healthier Rajasthan: The Economics of Health Assurance

Manorama BakshiArjun Kumar India cannot claim first-world economic productivity while its citizens remain exposed to third-world, catastrophic medical bills. Healthcare shocks routinely force households to sell assets, take on debt and cut essential spending, trapping families in a cycle of…

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Beyond the Health Card: Strengthening Health Assurance in Goa

Manorama BakshiArjun Kumar Goa’s Health Assurance Question India’s health protection landscape has gradually moved from fragmented, state-specific insurance arrangements towards broader public assurance systems. Within this shift, Goa offers a distinctive model. The Deen Dayal Swasthya Seva Yojana (DDSSY) is…

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Dragon Fruit Cultivation In Bihar : Assessing the Mukhyamantri Bagwani Mission and Dragon Fruit Vikas Yojana , 2025 -26

Bihar’s agricultural future may increasingly depend not only on how much it produces, but also on what it produces and how much value farmers can obtain from it. In this context, the emergence of dragon fruit, or Kamalam, offers an interesting case of agricultural diversification. Once considered an exotic fruit in Indian markets, dragon fruit has gradually entered India’s commercial horticulture landscape.While dragon fruit is promoted nationally under MIDH,Bihar has introduced a separate state-funded Dragon Fruit Vikas Yojana under the Mukhyamantri Bagwani Mission ,the two are complementary, with MIDH providing the broader technical and institutional horticulture ecosystem and the Bihar scheme providing state-level financial and implementation support for crop expansion.

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Democracy needs dissent. It also needs institutions

To understand the chaos gripping our educational spaces — as seen in the recent protests in Delhi and elsewhere — it is necessary to revisit Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s concept of the Social Contract. Rousseau has noted, “True political liberty is never found in a state of chaos or unbridled individual impulse. But real freedom is built when citizens willingly enter a community, agreeing and binding themselves to shared rules and institutional structures.” He had also warned that when individuals choose disruption over collective agreement, it leads to the fracturing of the civic bond that underpins democratic existence.

Brics

From Welfare to Leadership: Shifting the Paradigm of Global Gender Policy: BRICS Women Ministerial Meeting in Kochi (July 6- 9, 2026)

Bringing women to the forefront in the wider political and economic discourse is very crucial for the development of our country and to reach its vision of Viksit Bharat (Developed India ) by 2047. BRICS Women Ministerial Meeting which recently concluded in Kochi, Kerala ( July 6-9) is pointing towards the fact that BRICS under the Indian presidency is formulating a different approach towards women lead development and BRICS countries are leveling up in their agenda of achieving gender equality.

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