Insights, a blog published by IMPRI.
The choice of a Muslim officer and a Hindu officer to brief the world on India’s attack on terror infrastructure in Pakistan was an admission that the politics of Hindutva is not fit to be displayed before the world.
The Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG) was launched in 2010 by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) to cater to the nutritional and developmental requirements of out-of-school girls between the ages of 11–14 years. The scheme was launched with the aim of enhancing their health and nutritional levels, encouraging them to resume formal schooling and imparting life skills training.
The Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), previously called the Conditional Maternity Benefit (CMB)- the Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana, was implemented by the Government of India on 1st January 2017. It was first launched in 2010 and renamed in 2017. It is a centrally sponsored scheme executed by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, outlined to provide maternity benefits to support pregnant women and lactating mothers.
Following the brutal terrorist attack in Pahalgam, India launched Operation Sindoor last week, which culminated in a ceasefire on Saturday
The recent violence during April 2025 Waqf protest in Murshidabad of West Bengal has once again put spotlight on the impact of deeper issues of cross-border radicalisation, illegal migration and terrorist activities from Bangladesh. The protest started as a protest over Waqf Act 2025 but then it escalated into widespread violence against Hindus. This disturbing incident is not just an isolated incident rather it is part of a much bigger ongoing pattern of radicalisation and demographic shift that has been building up near the border districts of West Bengal for years.
The Indian government launched a ₹10,000 crore Fund of Funds in Union Budget 2025 to concentrate on deep-tech startups as part of its mission to enhance sectors including artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing, biotechnology and semiconductors. This program seeks to establish India as a worldwide frontier technology leader through the provision of initial stage funding and innovation networks development.
Considering this vision, the Union Budget 2025-26 introduces an umbrella scheme, “Vigyan Dhara”.While it may initially seem like rebranding existing concepts, the scheme effectively consolidates three ongoing initiatives of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) into one cohesive framework.