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Programme for Accelerated Renewal and Incentivization of Vehicle Assets for Reducing Transport Air Pollution and Network Emissions (PARIVARTAN), 2026

The PARIVARTAN (Programme for Accelerated Renewal and Incentivization of Vehicle Assets for Reducing Transport Air Pollution and Network Emissions) Scheme, 2026 is a Government of India initiative aimed at reducing vehicular pollution in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR). The scheme addresses emissions from ageing commercial trucks and buses, which are significant contributors to particulate matter (PM), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and other pollutants in the NCR.

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Maharashtra’s Maha-Migrant Tracking System (Maha-MTS)

Seasonal migration is not only a transfer of labor; for vulnerable groups, it can also lead to the temporary deprivation of many services such as nutrition, immunization, education, health, and child-protection systems. Maharashtra’s Maharashtra Migration Tracking System (Maha-MTS) is an innovative response to this challenge because it attempts to provide migrant-friendly services rather than trying to stop migrations.

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GST Compliance Burden on MSMEs in India: Assessing the Role of the Quarterly Return Filing and Monthly Payment Scheme and Recent Reforms

Against this backdrop, the introduction of GST in July 2017 represented a significant restructuring of India’s indirect tax system and created new incentives for businesses to participate in the formal economy. By replacing a fragmented system of central and state-level indirect taxes with a common framework, GST sought to reduce tax cascading and improve the traceability of transactions.

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Urban Flood Management Programme (2024): Assessing Flood Resilience in India’s Seven Most Populous Cities

India's seven most populous cities, home to a large share of the country's urban population and an even larger share of its economic output, have in recent years become synonymous with monsoon paralysis: waterlogged arterial roads, submerged metro and airport approaches, and, in the worst years, loss of life.

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CyTrain: Building India’s Digital Human-Capacity Infrastructure for Cybercrime Investigation

The rapid expansion of digital payments, online services, social media and connected technologies has created increasingly complex forms of cybercrime. Investigating such offences requires specialised capabilities in digital evidence collection, cyber forensics, electronic device examination, online financial trails and emerging technologies. However, cybercrime investigation also faces capacity-related challenges, including uneven access to specialised training, the need to keep investigative skills aligned with rapidly evolving criminal methods, and the requirement for coordinated capacity-building across State and Union Territory law-enforcement agencies. The Ministry of Home Affairs has recognised these needs through initiatives supporting cyber-forensic laboratories, specialised training and technical assistance to investigating officers (Ministry of Home Affairs, 2022; Ministry of Home Affairs, 2024).

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SATAT (Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation), 2018: Building India’s Compressed Bioenergy Economy

India’s shift towards cleaner energy is also closely linked to how efficiently its existing domestic resources can be turned into commercially useful energy. The Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT), launched by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in October 2018, was introduced to create an ecosystem for producing Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) from waste and biomass and to encourage its use alongside natural gas.

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Tamil Nadu FinTech Policy (2021): Strengthening Tamil Nadu’s FinTech Ecosystem and Financial Innovation

The Tamil Nadu FinTech Policy 2021 is the state government's dedicated framework to position Tamil Nadu as a leading national and global hub for financial technology. It was formally released by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin at the Tamil Nadu Investment Conclave 2021 in Coimbatore on November 23, 2021, under the Industries Department (Government of Tamil Nadu, 2021; STPI Chennai, 2021). The policy builds on Chennai's long-standing credentials as a financial centre, the city was home to the Madras Bank in 1682 (later merged into SBI), India's first cooperative bank in 1906, and the country's first private mutual fund in 1993, and it was designed to convert that historical advantage into a modern, technology-driven financial services ecosystem (Government of Tamil Nadu, 2021).

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