Category Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development

SMART-PDS-2023-2026

SMART-PDS: Scheme for Modernization and Reform through Technology in Public Distribution System

SMART-PDS is a centrally sponsored, technology-oriented reform initiative by the Department of Food & Public Distribution (DFPD), Ministry of Consumer Affairs, aimed at enhancing and consolidating the IT infrastructure of India’s Public Distribution System (PDS). With a total budget of ₹349.9 crore, the three-year (April 2023–March 2026) approved program builds on previous computerisation attempts (End-to-End TPDS and the Integrated Management of PDS/IM-PDS) and introduces a modern, standardized national platform that unifies state and central operations throughout the PDS lifecycle.

Innovation

India–New Zealand: Agri -Tech Innovation

India–New Zealand Agri-Tech Innovation is emerging as more than a technical exchange; it is a contest over models of innovation and inclusion. At a time when agriculture faces the twin pressures of climate resilience and global market integration. The partnership can be transformational, but only if deliberate adaptation, rights-based data governance, and financing follow the technology. Without these, the result risks being one of two failures: techno-dumping (NZ solutions ill-fitted to India) or stalled scalability (India pilots remaining fragmented). 

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Turkiye’s Green Leap: Policy Lessons for India’s Sustainable Transition

Even as India-Turkiye ties face strain over Ankara’s role following the Pakistan-orchestrated attack in Pahalgam, it is worth examining Turkiye’s climate governance leap.

Life Science

Boost to University Interdisciplinary Life Science Departments: DBT-BUILDER

The DBT-BUILDER programme, launched by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, is a flagship initiative aimed at strengthening and modernizing life science education and research infrastructure in Indian universities. Recognizing that universities are critical hubs for capacity building, BUILDER provides financial and infrastructural support to create interdisciplinary departments in life sciences, thereby encouraging innovation and collaborative research.

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India-EU Green Hydrogen Trade Potential: Tracing the Road to a Sustainable Energy Trade

Green hydrogen is hydrogen gas produced using renewable energy sources like solar, wind, or hydropower through a process called electrolysis and is increasingly seen as a key solution for reducing global carbon emissions, especially in sectors that are hard to decarbonise, such as steel, fertilizers, and shipping.

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