Launched by the Ministry of Tourism in 2015-16, the Swadesh Darshan Scheme is a central-sector flagship initiative aimed at developing theme-based tourist circuits across India through end-to-end infrastructure and experiential enhancements.
The Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA), initiated by the Government of India in September 2018, aims to provide reasonable assurance that farmers can obtain the minimum support price (MSP) for their crops through adequate mechanisms for procurement and price support.
The defining character of the Election Commission (EC)’s ongoing drive for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar’s electoral rolls is its elitism, and its operating mechanism violates the basic principle of natural justice—that an accused person is innocent until his or her guilt is established.
The EC’s assertions, granting it exclusive authority to decide who is an eligible voter, are little more than overweening conceit. Its assumptions are riddled with contradictions.
The International Science and Technology (S&T) Cooperation Policy is an effort set forth by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) to build India’s research partnerships worldwide and to enhance innovation capabilities. The policy is implemented through the International Cooperation (IC) Division that works towards bilateral, multilateral, and thematic collaborations, and unites science with diplomacy to further improve the access to higher-end technologies. India currently has S&T cooperation agreements with 83 countries in the world, including major strategic partners like the United States, Germany, France, Japan, and Australia.
PACER is a research and development (R&D) scheme aimed at studying different aspects of the polar and cryosphere with special attention to the Antarctic, Arctic and the Glaciers of the Himalayas.
Launched on 4 March 2024 during DefConnect 2024, the ADITI Scheme (“Acing Development of Innovative Technologies with iDEX”) is part of the Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) framework under India’s Department of Defence Production.
The Gram Manchitra portal is a Geographic Information System (GIS) based web platform developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India. Launched in 2023, it aims to empower rural governance and planning by providing a platform to visualize, plan, and monitor developmental works at the Gram Panchayat level using spatial data and advanced analytical tools.