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The National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities (NMMA) was initiated in 2007 by the Government of India through the Ministry of Culture, with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) leading it. Established during the XI Five-Year Plan (2007–2012), the mission aimed to document India's extensive and varied cultural heritage in a time-sensitive manner.
Policy UpdateVidhi Jhakmola Background On 5th June 2007, The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances under The Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions launched the Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) with the objective of…
TK Arun India promised tax certainty through grandfathering. The Supreme Court’s Tiger Global verdict undermines that. It’s the government that must restore credibility. It is a mystery why the government did not address, in the Budget, the damage done to India’s tax credibility…
Picture applying for a housing benefit without taking a day off work. No queue, no carrying a folder of photocopies to three different offices. Just a phone app, a few taps, and a confirmation text the next morning.
In 2016, the Govt. of India launched Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana as a part of the Taxation Laws Act 2016 (second amendment). The initial objective of the PM Garib Kalyan Yojana scheme was to ensure tax evaders declare unaccounted money and avoid penalty and criminal prosecution. Through this scheme, the govt. intended to use the deposited black money for the welfare of the poor people.
Sonam Chosdon The two giant powers of Asia, India and China, have a long standing contentious relations. Both countries are attempting to balance the status quo through negotiations and bilateral talks. Given the history of frequent military stand-offs, the undemarcated…
Tarushi Parihar India is home to the world’s largest youth population, with over 350 million people aged between 15 and 29. India’s “demographic dividend” has often been celebrated as the driving force behind the nation’s rapid economic growth and social…