Category Economy and Infrastructure

Scheme for Campus Accommodation & Facilities Enhancing Social Experience (CAFES), 2020

Scheme for Campus Accommodation & Facilities Enhancing Social Experience (CAFES), 2020

Many university-level students in India, especially those from under-privileged backgrounds, were forced to drop-out of their colleges or face the burden of domestic responsibilities due to lack of accommodation facilities on their campus. To address this issue, the Scheme for Campus Accommodation & Facilities Enhancing Social Experience (CAFES)

Metro Rail Policy 2017: Driving India’s Future with Efficient Urban Mobility

While the Delhi Metro gained a reputation as a model of success, the other projects generally struggled due to a lack of private sector participation and ownership, underlying financial unsustainability, and inadequate last-mile connectivity. To address these gaps, the Government of India launched the Metro Rail Policy 2017, which received Union Cabinet approval on August 16, 2017. 

The Sagarmala Programme – 2015

India, country with vast coastline of 7,517 kilometres and 14,500 kilometres of navigable waterways which possesses huge potential in maritime sector, seeing the potential of enormous coast and waterways, Government of India under Ministry of Port, Shipping and Waterways launched the Sagarmala Project in 2015 which included comprehensive as well as strategic framework for port led development with aim to integrate the port development with industrial expansion, community upliftment and connectivity enhancement.

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) performs various duties, the significant ones among them in - Internal Security, Administration of the Border, Centre-State Relationship, The Administration of Union Territories, The Administration of the Central Armed Police Forces, Disaster Management, etc.

Empowering Women Green Entrepreneurs in India: Policy Interventions for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth

Priya India’s economy is growing rapidly. According to recent estimates by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to reach around USD 4.19 trillion by 2025, making it the world’s fourth-largest economy. This impressive…

National Initiative for Design Innovation (NIDI), 2014

National Initiative for Design Innovation is a scheme set up by the Department of Higher Studies, Ministry of Education,  in March 2014. The main aim of the scheme is to promote innovation, invention and design to contribute to improving the standard of living. Twenty DESIGN INNOVATION CENTERS (DIC), were set up in Government Institutions like IITs, NITs, IIITs and IISc and other State Institutions throughout the country, as a part of the Scheme.

Mapping Democracy: Evaluating India’s Local Government Directory (LGD), 2007 and Its Future

India’s three-tier system of local governance: comprising of Gram Panchayats (village level), Panchayat Samitis (block level) and Zilla Parishads (district level) in rural areas, Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats in urban areas, was constitutionally established by the 73rd and 74th Amendments in 1992 and 1993 respectively (Government of India, 1992; Government of India, 1993).

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