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Government e-Procurement System (GePNIC)

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The Government e-Procurement System of the National Informatics Centre (GePNIC) is one of India’s flagship digital governance projects under the National e-Governance Plan. Built by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, it was designed to replace cumbersome, paper-heavy procurement processes with a fully digital system. The goal was simple but ambitious : make government procurement faster, fairer, and more transparent.

IMPRI Desk
August 13, 2025

Acing Development of Innovative Technologies with iDEX (ADITI) Scheme 2024 – Boosting India’s Defence Innovation

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Launched on 4 March 2024 during DefConnect 2024, the ADITI Scheme (“Acing Development of Innovative Technologies with iDEX”) is part of the Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) framework under India’s Department of Defence Production.

IMPRI Desk
August 13, 2025

Raksha Mantri Ex-Servicemen Welfare Fund (RMEWF),2023

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RMEWF – Financial Assistance for the Medical Treatment of the Ex-Servicemen, the amount to be received usually depends upon the nature and gravity of the ailment incurred. A recent revision to the scheme made in 2023 highlights that Ex-Servicemen/Widows are now eligible to receive a penury grant of Rs. 50,000/- annually for medical treatment.

IMPRI Desk
August 13, 2025

Ministry Of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

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The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) was created by renaming and expanding the former Ministry of Shipping in November 2020.1 Prime Minister Narendra Modi noted this change brings “clarity in name, and more clarity in work” by explicitly including Ports and Waterways alongside Shipping

IMPRI Desk
August 12, 2025

National Overseas Scholarship, 2014-15

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The National Overseas Scholarship Scheme was started by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, to help students from low-income families from marginalized communities to pursue Master’s and PHD programmes from universities abroad.

IMPRI Desk
August 12, 2025

Training Management Portal, Ministry of Panchayati Raj

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When we think of governance, most of us imagine big offices, ministers, and heavy paperwork. But real governance, the kind that touches people’s everyday lives, actually happens in villages, in small meetings under trees, or in community halls where someone speaks up about a broken handpump or an unused ration card. That’s the world of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), and it’s a world that runs on the shoulders of thousands of elected representatives, many of whom are women, first-timers, or people who’ve never stepped into a leadership role before.

IMPRI Desk
August 11, 2025

Aircraft Leasing and Financing Policy (2021)

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The Government of India has promulgated the Aircraft Leasing and Financing Policy (2021) to position India, especially GIFT City (Gujarat International Finance Tec-City), as an aircraft leasing global hub. This was prompted by the realization that more than 80% of India's fleet of aircraft was leased from outside the country, leading to a huge foreign exchange outflow and exposure to foreign jurisdictions in terms of law, such as Ireland and Singapore.

IMPRI Desk
August 11, 2025