Strengthening Bihar’s Makhana Industry: The Role of Makhana Board-2025
Formation of the Makhana Board is a step towards Agri-Economy consolidation of Bihar.
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Insights, a blog published by IMPRI.
Raphael Satter Case Unmasks Global Media’s Anti-India Bias
The allegations levelled against ‘Reuters’ and Raphael Satter paint a troubling picture of modern journalism, where accusations of bias, ethical misconduct, and disregard for legal standards threaten to erode public trust.
AI Disruption: A Wake-Up Call for Indian Education
Proportionately more computer-related workers in India do programming work than in the US. Does this foretell doom for those seeking an information technology job in India, after completing a degree in engineering? If so, the implications would be profound, and negative. Engineering, for many, is a ticket to the organized workforce, social mobility into the middle class, and, in the case of some, physical mobility out of the country and into the land of opportunity abroad. Does AI mean a roadblock to all that?
Evaluating the National Geospatial Mission 2025: A New Era of Data-Driven Governance
The word geospatial simply means associating data with specific geographic locations. The process of rapid urbanization calls for actions to unlock the transformative potential that geospatial technology withhold. Traditional ways of keeping land records and planning urban development have proven to be inefficient, thereby leading to land disputes and delays in project executions. To address these challenges, the government initiated the National Geospatial Mission to operationalize the National Geospatial Policy (2022), to make land reforms and management more efficient and transparent.
Jal Jeevan Mission 2019 : Transforming Rural Water Access in India
The Jal Jeevan Mission, launched on 15th August, 2019, was to design a provision of functional household tap connections (FHTCs) to every rural household by 2024. This ambitious program addresses a crying need for potable water, which is estimated to cover around 19 crore rural families. Prior to JJM, more than 80% of rural households did not have piped water supply, thus exposing health hazards, economic burdens, and a greater share of responsibilities for women, with children joining in later to carry water for hours every day.
Modi Courts Trump While Keeping India’s Trade Defenses Up
US president Donald Trump would be horrified if told that he is proving Lenin right, but that is what he has been doing in the eight weeks since he assumed office. Obviously, he is not vindicating everything that Lenin said, just the observation that there are decades in which nothing happens and there are weeks in which decades happen. Trump has been making decades happen.
Her Cash, Her Power: The Impact of Cash Transfers on Women
Cash transfer schemes fall under both the State List and Concurrent List of the Seventh Schedule of the Indian Constitution, depending on their implementation structure. While these schemes have gained popularity in recent years, they are not a new phenomenon. They have existed since market liberalization, reflecting a shift from a welfare state to a corporate welfare state, where targeted financial support replaces broad-based subsidies.