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.
Category Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development
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.
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.
National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem (NM-SHE)
The National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem (NM-SHE) is an initiative launched in 2014, as one of the eight missions under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) and falls under the observation and implementation of the Department of Science and Technology (DST). The Himalayan ecosystem is one of the largest resources of snow and ice and remains a vulnerable ecosystem due to the consequences of climate change and developmental issues.
Driving Out the Old: A Policy Analysis of India’s Vehicle Scrappage Policy – 2021
In 2021, the Government of India launched the V oluntary Vehicle-Fleet Modernization Programme (VVMP), commonly referred to as the Vehicle Scrappage Policy, with a threefold ambition: to improve road safety, reduce urban air pollution, and kick-start a domestic circular economy for vehicle materials. The policy couples regulatory instruments with financial incentives and institution-building to formalize how “end-of-life” vehicles (ELVs) are retired and recycled.
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.