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Global Pravasi Rishta Portal (2020): Strengthening India’s Digital Diaspora Diplomacy

The Global Pravasi Rishta Portal, launched by the Ministry of External Affairs on 30 December 2020, is an initiative to build a stronger and more direct connection between the Government of India and Indians living abroad. It brings together the Ministry of External Affairs, Indian Missions and Posts overseas, and members of the Indian diaspora on a common platform. NRIs and Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) can register on the portal, helping Indian Missions maintain updated information about the overseas Indian community and communicate with them in a more organised and effective manner. It also helps create a structured network of the diaspora, including professionals, business owners, students, and community organisations.

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Suvidha Vehicle Facilitation System (2022): Digitalising Cross-Border Trade and Border Governance at India-Bangladesh Land Ports in West Bengal

Policy UpdateDolly Kaushik This paper examines the Suvidha portal through the lens of collaborative governance and networked public administration. Traditional models of border management have historically relied on hierarchical control, separating security imperatives from commercial facilitation across rigid bureaucratic silos.…

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Security Chiefs’ BIMSTEC Meeting, Delhi, 2026: Securing Supply Chains and Multi-Domain Defence

On 6th June, 1997, BIST-EC (Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand) was created as a regional organization via the Bangkok Declaration (Shetty, 2026). It advanced into what today is known as the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) when Myanmar was admitted in December 1997, and Bhutan and Nepal in February 2004 (Shetty, 2026). BIMSTEC is a regional organization formed by seven member states - Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand. Through this organization, all these countries that are located in the waters and adjacent areas of the Bay of Bengal represent their lineal unity in the region.

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Mera Yuva Bharat (2023): Bridging the Youth Empowerment Gap

Before MY Bharat was launched, India already had several programmes for young people. But these programmes were managed by different departments and organisations. As a result, young people did not have one common platform to find opportunities related to volunteering, leadership, skill development and practical learning. At the same time, the government faced the challenge of connecting India’s large youth population with activities related to nation-building. This created a need for a more coordinated and technology-based platform for youth participation.

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National Space Day 2026: Chandrayaan-3 and India’s Emerging Space Power

The annual observance of National Space Day on August 23rd serves as a commemoration of a significant national achievement: the successful soft landing of a spacecraft near the lunar south pole. This event represents a substantial advancement in the country's scientific and technological capabilities, particularly within the domain of space exploration. The mission, identified as Chandrayaan-3, was conceived as a successor to the earlier Chandrayaan-2 mission.

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Kalai-II Hydroelectric Project: Assessing the Adequacy of Environmental Impact Assessment

The Kalai II Hydroelectric project, a 1200 MW run of the river project on the Lohit river in Arunachal Pradesh received environmental clearance from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) in June 2026. The project aims at strengthening India’s energy security by producing 4852.95 million units of energy annually.

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National Bamboo Mission: Assessing India’s Bamboo Value Chain, Farmer Livelihoods and Market Development (2018–2026)

Bamboo is a special species in the Indian rural economy and the ecology. Bamboo is a tender healthy grass that grows rapidly and can provide both tensile strength and versatility and is both fast-growing and renewable, supporting livelihoods in agriculture, forestry, handicrafts and modern manufacturing, at the same time, and is called “green gold” or “green steel.”

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