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Ministry of Labor & Employment (2025): Labor Welfare Schemes in India

The Labor welfare schemes in India were introduced as a means to provide protection and support to workers, especially in the unorganised sector. The Schemes, implemented and monitored by the Ministry of Labor and Employment through the Directorate General of Labor Welfare (DGLW) and its labor welfare organizations (LWOs), are in place to ensure worker safety, provide social security benefits, improve working conditions, and enhance the overall well-being of the workforce. 

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India’s Science Diplomacy and International S&T Cooperation: Policy Framework and Impact 

The International Science and Technology (S&T) Cooperation Policy is an effort set forth by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) to build India’s research partnerships worldwide and to enhance innovation capabilities. The policy is implemented through the International Cooperation (IC) Division that works towards bilateral, multilateral, and thematic collaborations, and unites science with diplomacy to further improve the access to higher-end technologies. India currently has S&T cooperation agreements with 83 countries in the world, including major strategic partners like the United States, Germany, France, Japan, and Australia.

Gene Banks for Crop Germplasm: Preserving Agricultural Biodiversity for the Future

Gene Banks for Crop Germplasm: Preserving Agricultural Biodiversity for the Future

India is known to be a country with high biodiversity and a vast array of domesticated crop species and their wild relatives. With more than 811 domesticated crop species and 902 crop wild relatives, the country has a central role in maintaining plant genetic resources that are crucial for agricultural resilience, food security, and fighting the consequences of climate change

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Government e-Procurement System (GePNIC)

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.

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

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

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.

Ministry Of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

Ministry Of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

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

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Training Management Portal, Ministry of Panchayati Raj

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.

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