Policy UpdateSneha Kohli Background The Khelo India- National Programme for Development of Sports- was launched in 2016-17 and emerged as a unified national framework following the restructuring of earlier sports-development initiatives. The Khelo India programme has been introduced to revive…
The Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) was launched on 6th February 2013, at Palghar in Maharashtra under the National Rural Health Mission, with the aim of identifying health problems in children at an early stage (Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, 2013). Its approach was built around the “4 Ds”:
defects at birth, diseases, deficiencies and developmental delays, including disability, with an initial target of screening more than 27 crore children between 0 and 18 years of age (Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, 2013).
Policy UpdateTanisha Hooda Background Road accidents remain a major public health and road-safety challenge in India. Delays in reaching hospitals and receiving emergency medical treatment can worsen injuries and increase the risk of preventable deaths. Financial constraints may also delay…
Climate policy has entered a new phase globally. For nearly three decades, international negotiations primarily focused on setting emission reduction targets. Today, the challenge is no longer limited to defining ambitious goals but to designing credible domestic institutions capable of translating those goals into measurable outcomes.
India’s investment-management landscape has traditionally offered mutual funds for relatively standardised pooled investments and Portfolio Management Services (PMS) for investors seeking greater portfolio flexibility. SEBI identified a regulatory gap between these two products: investors seeking more sophisticated strategies could require greater flexibility than conventional mutual funds provide, while PMS involves a substantially higher minimum investment.
The Registration of Marriage of Non Resident Indian Bill, 2019, was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on 11 February 2019 by then External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. It emerged as a joint initiative of the Ministries of External Affairs, Women and Child Development, Home Affairs and Law and Justice following Cabinet approval. The bill sought to create a greater accountability in cross border marriages involving Non Resident Indian (NRIs) to protect Indian citizens predominantly women from exploitation, desertion and related abuse by NRI spouses.
The Global Pravasi Rishta Portal, launched by the Ministry of External Affairs on 30 December 2020, is an initiative to build a stronger and more direct connection between the Government of India and Indians living abroad. It brings together the Ministry of External Affairs, Indian Missions and Posts overseas, and members of the Indian diaspora on a common platform. NRIs and Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) can register on the portal, helping Indian Missions maintain updated information about the overseas Indian community and communicate with them in a more organised and effective manner. It also helps create a structured network of the diaspora, including professionals, business owners, students, and community organisations.