Digital Development Compass 2026: Reading India’s Digital Governance
1. Background: What Is the Digital Development Compass? Governments across the world routinely describe themselves as pursuing 'digital transformation,' yet few possess a compar
Dr Rafiq Dossani
Advisor
Dr Rafiq Dossani is Director, RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy; Senior Economist; Professor of Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School, RAND Corporation, USA.
Research Areas
Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes, Social Sector, Urbanization, Habitat, Transportation and Regional Development
Centres
Coal Gasification Financial Incentive Scheme (CGFIS): Promoting Clean Energy and Self-Reliance
India faces a critical trilemma in its energy transition: balancing rapid decarbonization targets with soaring industrial power demand, grid reliability constraints, and a heavy ec
From Climate Plan to Climate Action: Assessing Kerala’s State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC 2.0) 2022
Kerala’s first State Action Plan on Climate Change came out in 2014, but by the time a decade had passed, it no longer felt like it matched the reality on the ground. The state h
Diplomacy in the Making: BRICS Young Diplomats Forum, New Delhi, May 2026
In May 2026, the Ministry of External Affairs of India (MEA), through the Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service (SSIFS), hosted the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum (BYDF) in New D
BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting New Delhi, May, 2026: Strengthening Global Governance and the Voice of the Global South
Policy UpdatePragya Raghav Abstract India hosted the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on 14-15 May 2026 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, marking the first ministerial meeting of
Madhya Pradesh Department wise Schemes Update 2026
Madhya Pradesh, located in central India, has Bhopal as its capital and is the second-largest state in India by area and the fifth-largest by population, with more than 72 million
Karnataka’s Gruha Lakshmi Yojana (2023)
Women’s economic insecurity is shaped by more than the absence of a regular wage. Many women manage food purchases, children’s schooling, health care, care work and household b
Gender, Informality, and Precarity in the Construction Sector: A Sociological Analysis of Women Workers
India has witnessed a gradual increase in women's Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR), particularly following the introduction of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) in 2017
National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme 2.0: A Federal Lens on Regional Disparities in Skill Development (2022–2026)
India's demographic dividend is the biggest economic asset that the country has but a long-standing mismatch between academic learning and industry demanded skills has been a longs