Category Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being

Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN)

Policy Update, Agriculture, Food, Nutrition Security and Rural Development, Books, Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies, Center for Work and Welfare, Centres, Gender, Pluralism and Social Inclusion, IMPRI Research, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Policy Briefs, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes, Research, Social Sector, Thematic Areas

The Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN) represents a historic commitment to bring the most disadvantaged parts of its indigenous population, specifically those belonging to Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs), out of decades of underdevelopment. PM-JANMAN is a three-year mission with a multidimensional approach, committed to bringing basic needs and opportunities to the most remote areas of the country, thus closing an equity gap that has persisted for decades.

IMPRI Desk
November 17, 2025

Information, Education and Communication (IEC) Scheme, 2025

Insights, Center for ICT for Development, Center for Work and Welfare, Entrepreneurship, ICT and Innovation, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Policy Briefs, Science and Technology

Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) is an essential component of India's public health and social development interventions.

IMPRI Desk
November 16, 2025

Swasth Nari Abhiyan: Building Stronger Families Through Women’s Health

Insights, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Center for Work and Welfare, Gender, Pluralism and Social Inclusion, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes, Social Sector

India has been working on women’s and children’s health for over a decade now. It has not been in vain. Maternal deaths have dropped. More babies are born safely in hospitals. Vaccines reach even the remotest corners.

IMPRI Desk
November 16, 2025

The Scars Remain: Gaza Beyond the Trump–Netanyahu Ceasefire

Insights, Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, Center for the Study for Finance and Economics, Center for Work and Welfare, Economy and Infrastructure, Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Public Finances and Macroeconomics, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes, Social Sector

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.

TK Arun and IMPRI Desk
November 12, 2025

Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM – AJAY): 2021-22

Policy Update, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Center for Work and Welfare, Insights, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes

Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM- AJAY) is a scheme launched by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India in 2021- 22.

IMPRI Desk
November 11, 2025

Government e-Marketplace (GeM), 2016

Insights, Agriculture, Food, Nutrition Security and Rural Development, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Center for the Study for Finance and Economics, Economy and Infrastructure, Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Policy Update, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes, Social Sector, Thematic Areas, Urbanization, Habitat, Transportation and Regional Development

Policy UpdateBavleen Background The Government e‑Marketplace (GeM) portal is India’s flagship digital platform for government procurement of goods and services, launched on 9 August 2016 by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry (MoCI) to drive greater efficiency, transparency, and inclusiveness in…

IMPRI Desk
November 8, 2025

Nagar Van Yojana (2025); Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change

Policy Update, Agriculture, Food, Nutrition Security and Rural Development, Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies, Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Insights, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes

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.

IMPRI Desk
November 8, 2025