National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013- Hunger-free India in making
The National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 is a landmark legislation that legally guarantees the right to food for a significant portion of India’s population.
Category Governance and Law
Rethinking Groundwater Management in India: A Policy Update on Atal Bhujal Yojana, 2020
Groundwater is a significant source of freshwater and is crucial for domestic, agricultural, and industrial purposes. However, unchecked extraction, overexploitation, and contamination pose serious threats to its sustainability
Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017: A Right Delayed, A Policy Denied
The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 has been a significant milestone in India’s Labor welfare framework, especially for the women working in the formal sector. In order to amend the already existing 1961 legislation, the Act extends paid maternity leave from 12 to 26 weeks for women with less than two surviving children.
NeGP: National e-Gov AppStore 2013
The e-Government Appstore, established under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) and Digital India, is hosted by the National Informatics centre under MeitY.The platform allows contributing entities (government/private) to upload applications (subject to multi-stage approval), which can then be searched, reviewed, rated and either invoked as Saas or downloaded for deployment. It hosts core components such as payment gateways, messaging modules, and MIS reporting tools for cross- use across departments.
Reimagining Rural Governance through Vibrant Gram Sabha & Panchayat NIRNAY Portals
The Vibrant Gram Sabha and Panchayat NIRNAY portals are key digital initiatives launched by the Government of India to modernize rural governance. Designed to boost transparency and encourage active citizen involvement in Gram Sabha (village assembly) meetings, these platforms replace the old paper-based processes with efficient, real-time digital systems.
STARS: Scheme for Transformational and Advanced Research in Sciences
The Scheme for Transformational and Advanced Research in Sciences is an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and the Department of Higher Education, established in February 2019. It operates with the main aim of promoting translational, India-centric research in sciences, to be implemented and managed by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. The scheme functions to support socially relevant research in the following six basic thrust areas – Physics, Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Nanosciences, Data Sciences & Mathematics, and Earth Sciences.
API SETU
API Setu is part of the Digital India initiative, implementing the principle of "Power To Empower", by enhancing technology accessibility . API Setu is a solution to various barriers to entry such as, lack of API availability, proprietary standards, lack of common data standards, and N-to-N connections for API access by treating the issues more recursively, as balancing centralized governance and common policies for governance.