Category Public Policies, Programs and Schemes

MeriPehchaan – National Single Sign-On (NSSO) – 2025

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Launched on 4 July 2022 under Digital India, MeriPehchaan (NSSO) integrates Jan Parichay, e‑Pramaan, and DigiLocker into a single authentication framework.

IMPRI Desk
July 16, 2025

API Setu And Implementation Of National Data Highway (NDH)

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As part of India's larger Digital India plan, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)'s National e-Governance Division (NeGD) created the government-backed portal API Setu.

IMPRI Desk
July 15, 2025

Prarambhik Shiksha Kosh (PSK), 2005 – Financing India’s Elementary Education

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Policy UpdateAnshu Saroha Background The Prarambhik Shiksha Kosh (PSK) was introduced in 2005 as a response to the chronic underfunding of primary education in India. It is a non-lapsable fund, which is structured to preserve and direct the 2% education…

IMPRI Desk
July 13, 2025

Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration(SPARC), 2018: Strengthening India’s global research footprint

Insights, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, Policy Update, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes, Research

The scheme for promotion of academic and research collaboration is a flagship initiative launched in August 2018 by the Ministry of Education. Officially coordinated by the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, the basic idea behind the scheme was to improve the research ecosystem in Indian higher educational institutions.

IMPRI Desk
July 13, 2025

Scholarship Scheme: National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS), 2008

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National Means cum Merit Scholarship Scheme is a central sector scheme announced by the former Finance Minister, P Chidambaram, in the 2007-08 annual budget. The Ministry responsible for the scheme's functioning is the Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education. This scheme provides scholarships to economically disadvantaged students to prevent dropouts after class VIII and encourage continued education.

IMPRI Desk
July 13, 2025

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)

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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) performs various duties, the significant ones among them in - Internal Security, Administration of the Border, Centre-State Relationship, The Administration of Union Territories, The Administration of the Central Armed Police Forces, Disaster Management, etc.

IMPRI Desk
July 12, 2025

Centre For Marine Living Resources & Ecology – Marine Living Resources Programme, 1998

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The Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology (CMLRE), based in Cochin, Kerala, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), was established in 1998 by upgrading the then Sagar Sampada Cell with exclusive facilities for implementing the Marine Living Resources (MLR) Programme

IMPRI Desk
July 11, 2025