Policy Update Meenu Mohan With the Union Budget 2024-25, nuclear energy has once again taken the center stage, signaling a renewed focus on this vital energy source. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her budget speech, emphasized, “Nuclear energy is expected…
The Carbon Credits Trading Scheme (CCTS) 2023 marks India's stride toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions in alignment with its commitments under the Paris Agreement.
On July 24, 2024, the budget for 2024 was presented, bringing production-linked incentives back into focus. Budget 2024 has been seen as a subdued means of achieving our long-term objective of VIKSIT BHARAT by 2047.
In alignment with India’s 75th Independence Day celebrations the SMILE-75 initiative was launched aiming to extend the benefits of the SMILE scheme the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment launched the "SMILE - Support for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise" scheme on February 12, 2022.
QUAD, also known as the ‘Quadrilateral Strategic Forum’ is an informal strategic forum which aims for an open, free, prosperous and more inclusive Indo-Pacific region. It comprises four democratic countries and market economies, namely India, USA, Japan and Australia.
The unemployment rate among urban youth aged 15-29 was 17% as of Jan-March 2024 (PLFS,2024). The budget for 2024-25 addresses these critical issue of growing unemployment in India by launching three "Employment Linked Incentive" schemes to boost job opportunities, particularly in the formal private sector.
The Employment-Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme is a major initiative launched by the Government of India to create more job opportunities and improve livelihoods across the country. This scheme was introduced as part of the Union Budget 2024-25, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s package of five schemes aimed at providing employment, skilling, and other opportunities for 4.1 crore youth over a five-year period.