Category Insights

Insights, a blog published by IMPRI.

MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES

Heavy industries have always served as an accelerator of the economic growth of our country and employ a major share of people in the manufacturing sector. Previously called the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise, the ministry was renamed as the Ministry of Heavy Industries on 13th June,1956.

The Ministry of Heavy Industry is concerned with the development of the Heavy Engineering and Machine Tools Industry, Heavy Electrical Engineering Industry, and Automotive Industry, and administering the following 40 Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) and their subsidiaries and four autonomous bodies.

IMD’s Upgradation of Forecast System, 2021

IMD's "Upgradation of Forecast System" scheme is an ongoing scheme that largely consists of ongoing programs that are integrated in order to provide efficient meteorological and climate-related services throughout the country in multiple sectors. This initiative is part of MoES's umbrella scheme "Atmosphere & Climate Research-Modelling Observing Systems & Services (ACROSS)". It receives funding under the ACROSS scheme.

Bridging Continents:PM Modi’s Ghana-to-Brazil Tour and India’s Global South Vision

Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertook a five-nation tour starting with Africa and ending in Africa, with a significant focus on Africa throughout and the Global South as the overarching context. Speaking at the last leg of his tour at the Namibian Parliament, Prime Minister Modi reiterated his 10 guiding principles of India’s Africa policy, which he had first laid out in 2018 while addressing the Ugandan Parliament.

World Refugee Day-20 June: Solidarity with Refugees

World Refugee Day (June 20) was established by the United Nations to commemorate the millions who are forced to escape persecution and war. Since solidarity involves listening to and defending rights, solidarity as a practice means that states and societies will allocate the resources, policies, and practices necessary to protect refugees: access to asylum, welcoming the new, and ending conflict. Solidarity also requires engaging against xenophobia, making empathy more concrete, and ultimately being supportive in context.

As UNHCR’s campaign page emphasizes, solidarity means saying courageously that refugees are “not alone” and that the world will “not turn its back” on them.

English Without Privilege: Towards Linguistic Equality in India

Union Home Minister Amit Shah's statement that a day would come when those who speak in English would hang their heads in shame has met with the predictable responses pointing out English's utility as an essential link language, within India and for the globalizing world, as the language of knowledge acquisition, and as a competitive edge for India over China. Some have pointed out that English is no longer a foreign tongue; Indians have evolved an Indian version of English that is all our own.

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