Category Public Policies, Programs and Schemes

The National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMASTE) Scheme – 2023

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Despite the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act (PEMSR Act, 2013) legally banning the dehumanizing practice of manual scavenging in India, the crisis persists. Deadly accidents during sewer and septic tank cleaning tragically demonstrate the failure of implementation, showing that this decades-old scourge remains a fatal reality.

Taking this matter into consideration, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) in convergence with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) launched the National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMASTE) scheme in July 2023. The scheme is to be implemented with an outlay of Rs. 349.70 crore, over the three-year period up to 2025-26, in all 4800+ Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) of the country.

IMPRI Desk
November 22, 2025

National Food Security Act(NFSA), 2013

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The National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013, was introduced by the Government of India to strengthen the Public Distribution System (PDS) in India, in order to provide food and nutritional security by ensuring access to food of sufficient quantity and quality to all beneficiaries. Before this Act, all households of India with a valid ration card received a fixed amount of commodities at a subsidised rate under the Targeted Public Distribution System.

IMPRI Desk
November 20, 2025

Water for Work, Work for Water — How a 2025 MGNREGA amendment is reshaping India’s fight against rural water stress

Policy Update, Agriculture, Food, Nutrition Security and Rural Development, Insights, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes, Social Sector

Policy Update Aravindsamy R Background Water scarcity has emerged as one of the most pressing developmental challenges confronting India. According to NITI Aayog’s Composite Water Management Index (2019), nearly 600 million Indians face high to extreme water stress, with demand…

IMPRI Desk
November 17, 2025

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

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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

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

North East Road Sector Development Scheme (NERSDS) – 2015

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The North East Road Sector Development Scheme was launched during the Financial Year 2015-16, to take up rehabilitation, construction, and/or upgradation of the following categories of roads (including bridges on the roads) in the North Eastern Region (NER) in order of priority:

IMPRI Desk
November 15, 2025

National Crop Insurance Portal (NCIP) (2025)

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The National Crop Insurance Portal (NCIP) was developed as the digital interface for the flagship crop-insurance scheme Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), under the aegis of the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare. The PMFBY was launched in 2016 to provide affordable crop-insurance cover to farmers in India, ensuring protection against natural risks (drought, flood, hailstorm, pests/diseases) from pre-sowing to post-harvest.

IMPRI Desk
November 13, 2025