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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.

Participation

From Voters to Decision Makers: Rethinking Youth Participation in India

India is often described as one of the youngest countries in the world. According to the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, about 65% of India's population is below the age of 35. This is frequently presented as a demographic advantage, a large young population that can contribute to India's economic and social development. But while researching youth participation for my public policy fellowship, I found myself thinking about a different question: If India is so young, how young is its democracy?

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Digital Tourism Platform (2024) and Data-Driven Destination Governance in India 

India’s tourism system has always been characterized - in the language of none less than the Ministry of Tourism’s own task force - as extremely fragmented, where the country’s Central departments, its state tourism bodies, and many private players have operated separate, incompatible data and service-management infrastructure. This diagnosis took official form for the first time in the National Digital Tourism Mission (NDTM) report,

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