The India Maritime Week (IMW) 2025, inaugurated at the NESCO Exhibition Centre in Mumbai, marks one of the world’s largest maritime gatherings, bringing together over 100 nations, 1,00,000+ delegates, 500 exhibitors, and 350 global speakers. The week-long event thus conducted celebrates not only India’s deep maritime legacy but also its modern ambitions to become a global maritime leader by 2047.
Two years and two days after the terrorist attack by Hamas fighters from the Gaza Strip that killed around 1,200 Israelis, and the beginning of Israel’s brutal retaliation, that leading genocide scholars and a UN Commission have labelled genocide, a ceasefire plan appears to be taking hold.
India’s agricultural sector is the backbone of the national economy. In FY 2023-24, it contributed 17.7% to the country’s Gross Value Added (GVA) and employed nearly half the nation’s working population.
Despite having such a large contribution to the economy, Indian farmers continue to struggle, particularly after the harvest season. Unpredictable monsoons, changing market prices, and limited access to institutional credit often leave them with little choice but to sell their produce quickly, even at low prices.
In order to overcome these challenges, the Government of India launched the Credit Guarantee Scheme for e-NWR Based Pledge Financing (CGS-NPF) on 16 December 2024. Budgeted at ₹1,000 crore, this Central Sector Scheme is managed by the Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD). It is set to operate from FY 2024-25 until the end of the 16th Finance Commission cycle in 2030-31.
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India's forests provide the first line of defence against agricultural and industrial pollution. Hence, intense policy interventions are needed to conserve and expand the forest cover of the country in view of fast-tracking climate change.
The proposed 6000 MW Mithi Virdi Nuclear Power Project, once seen as a crown jewel of India-US energy cooperation, promised much on paper: clean energy, strategic diplomacy, and economic growth. But for the people of Jaspara, Mithi Virdi, Khadpar, Mandva, and Sosiya, it asked for too much in return for their land, their livelihoods, their way of life.
With a vision of expanding irrigation coverage, as reflected in the motto ‘Har Khet ko pani,’ and improving water use efficiency, ‘More crop per drop,’ the Government of India launched the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) on July 1, 2015.