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…
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.
When India speaks of inclusive development, the Northeast often features at the center of the conversation, a region of not only picturesque beauty and rich diversity but also persistent infrastructure gaps. In 2017, recognizing that existing central schemes were not fully bridging these gaps, the Government of India launched the North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS) under the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDONER).
India’s agriculture sector has long faced the challenge of ensuring fair prices for farmers while keeping essential food affordable for consumers. For decades, the Minimum Support Price (MSP) system served as a safety net, but its coverage was mostly limited to rice and wheat. To address this, the Government of India launched the Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) in September 2018 to provide price support for farmers growing pulses, oilseeds, and crops important for nutritional security and reducing import dependence.
With a vision of expanding irrigation coverage, as reflected in the motto ‘Har Khet ko pani,’ and improving water use efficiency, ‘More crop per drop,’ the Government of India launched the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) on July 1, 2015.
Tk Arun The government should mandate traceability of every ingredient used in the pharma industry by deploying tokenisation facilities of the blockchain. iStock.com We see US President Donald Trump as an enemy of Indian exports, including of our prized pharma products. But a bigger…
The Zero Defect Zero Effect (ZED) movement was envisaged after Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited the country to encourage production with “zero defects” in goods and “zero effect” on the environment while delivering India's 68th Independence Day speech.