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Building Independent Lives

Building Independent Lives — Assessing the National Trust’s DISHA – Early Intervention and School Readiness Scheme for Cognitive and Developmental Disabilities (2015)

India has one of the largest populations of children with neurodevelopmental disorders in South Asia because of its large child population. Population-based studies estimate that approximately 9.2% of children aged 2–<6 years and 13.6% of children aged 6–9 years have at least one neurodevelopmental disorder.

(Global and regional prevalence of disabilities among children and adolescents)

Given the high prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorders among children, the Government of India launched the DISHA scheme under the National Trust to improve access to early intervention and support services for children with developmental disabilities.

Smart city

The Smart City Mission in Srinagar and Jammu 2017: A Comparative Assessment of Urban Transformation.

The Smart City Mission (SCM) was initiated by the Government of India in 2015 as a transformative urban renewal programme to develop 100 cities across the country into inclusive, sustainable, and technologically advanced hubs. The mission’s core objective is to provide citizens with high-quality core infrastructure, a clean environment, and "smart" solutions that optimize urban functions, such as data-driven resource management and enhanced service delivery.

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Beyond Population Control: Evaluating the Effectiveness of India’s Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules, 2023

Policy UpdateArjya Shree Pande BACKGROUND India’s animal birth control ABC rules 2023, notified by the Ministry of Fisheries Animal Husbandry And Dairying on 10th March 2023, (Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, 2023) represent a comprehensive update to the…

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PRAGATI 52: Strengthening Digital Governance and Infrastructure Delivery

The Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation (PRAGATI) platform is an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) enabled governance initiative launched by the Government of India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March 2015. PRAGATI facilitates direct interaction between the Prime Minister, Union Government Ministries and State Governments to monitor major infrastructure projects, flagship government programmes and public grievance redressal. The platform seeks to enhance transparency, accountability and timely implementation of public policies while simultaneously strengthening federalism, all by integrating various levels of governance through real time communication and data sharing.

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SAIL’s Defence-Grade Steel Supply: Advancing India’s Defence Indigenisation

India has undergone a significant change especially in the defence sector over the past few years mainly due to important indigenous manufacturing schemes like the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan and the Make In India initiative. The main objective of such initiatives is to reduce dependence on imported defence equipment and raw materials while at the same time, strengthening domestic manufacturing capabilities and India’s most priced foreign policy principle, Strategic Autonomy.Defence-grade steel is a strategic resource as it is essential for manufacturing critical military platforms such as warships, submarines, armoured vehicles, and missiles.

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India’s Defence Export Diplomacy: Implementing the India–Philippines BrahMos Missile Agreement (2024–2026)

The India-Philippines Brahmos Missile Agreement is known to be one of the major landmark developments in India’s development as a credible Defence exporter and strategic security partner in South-East Asia. The agreement, being signed in 2022 through a contract worth approximately 375 million dollars, marked India’s first ever export of the BrahMOS missile cruise system. The implementation phase gained momentum during 2024-2026 with the successful delivery of missile batteries, deployment support, operator training and sustained bilateral defence cooperation. The agreement also further reflects India’s broader objective of combining defence manufacturing capabilities with foreign policy to strengthen strategic partnerships under the Act East Policy and the vision of the Security and Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR). 

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Building India’s Credit Backbone: The National Financial Information Registry (2023)

Policy UpdateSruti Halder Background The National Financial Information Registry (NFIR) was announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Union Budget 2023-24 speech as a proposed central repository of financial and ancillary information, intended to facilitate the efficient flow of…

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