Mobile Seva – National Mobile Governance Initiative, 2025
Mobile Seva was launched by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. It was designed and technically implemented by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC).
Category Research
India–Bangladesh: Counterterrorism Information Sharing
India- Bangladesh share South Asia’s longest border, sharing landmass with over 4000 km running across states like West Bengal, Tripura, and Assam, as well as riverine porous terrain. This historical geography has enabled illegal migration, human trafficking, insurgent safe havens, and extremist networks. In the 1990s and early 2000s, concerning extremist networks such as the United Liberation Front Asom (ULFA) and the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) often used Bangladeshi soil for shelter, while Bangladeshi groups like Jamaat-Ul-Mujahdeen Bangladesh (JMB) exploited Indian territories for recruitment and logistics to and from.
The National Food Security & Nutrition Mission (NFSM): India’s Agricultural Transformation
National Food Security Mission (NFSM) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme launched in October 2007. The National Development Council (NDC) adopted a resolution in its 53rd meeting, held on 29 May 2007, to launch a Food Security Mission aimed at increasing the production of rice, wheat, and pulses and securing food security for the nation.
India–United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (FTA): Strategic, Economic, and Political Implications (2025)
The genesis of the FTA can be traced to the 2030 Roadmap signed in 2021, which outlined the contours of a comprehensive strategic partnership. The roadmap emphasized enhanced trade, investment, defence cooperation, and mobility of people. Both countries have already reached USD 56 billion and have a target to double this by 2030. Additionally, there was a growing recognition on both sides that a structured and liberalized trade framework could provide a mutually beneficial growth to their dynamic economy.
Policies in Action: Understanding Media’s role as a Stakeholder in Healthcare Interventions
Arushi Pathania Introduction It is safe to say that public policy is not just rooted in theory but is surrounded by actual negotiation and compromise. Policy formulation is never the work of government alone and involves stakeholder engagement and mapping…
Transforming Indian Agriculture: A Policy Review of Biotech-KISAN Scheme
Scientists pay attention to problems that interest them. Big populations, fewer resources, and weather changes are some big issues for the world. Scientists want to handle these issues and find real answers, but they need to work with the community to find the best solutions. Giving everyone enough safe food is a tough job. The amount and quality of the country's farming production have gone down over time.
Health Services through Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) – 1952
The promulgation of the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 (ESI Act), by the Parliament, was the first major legislation on social Security for workers in independent India. It was a time when the industry was still in its early stages, and the country was heavily reliant on a variety of imported goods from developed or rapidly developing countries.