The Star College Programme was initiated by the Department of Bio-technology (DBT) in 2008 to support colleges and universities offering undergraduate education to improve science teaching across the country. This program was introduced to enhance critical thinking skills and promote "hands on" experimental science in foundational scientific courses at the undergraduate level.
ASHA Samvad is an innovation of the National Health Mission (NHM), Government of Madhya Pradesh, a weekly YouTube platform designed to directly connect with around 79000 ASHA workers across the state, strengthen their knowledge, and spotlight their contributions to maternal and child health and nutrition.
Chandrachur Singh The transition from an agrarian, low-HDI State to a dynamic, technology-driven economy is achievable within a short-term horizon The question of who will succeed Nitish Kumar in Bihar’s political landscape has been dominating the State’s political discourse for some time now,…
Policy UpdateVidhi Jhakmola Background On 5th June 2007, The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances under The Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions launched the Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) with the objective of…
In 2016, the Govt. of India launched Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana as a part of the Taxation Laws Act 2016 (second amendment). The initial objective of the PM Garib Kalyan Yojana scheme was to ensure tax evaders declare unaccounted money and avoid penalty and criminal prosecution. Through this scheme, the govt. intended to use the deposited black money for the welfare of the poor people.
Niranjan Krishna Kumar For decades, global policy-making has operated on a “break-fix” model. Technologies were released, industries were deregulated, and governments intervened only when social or environmental crises peaked. While reactive governance and policy-making are required, in the current environment…
T.K. Arun Data-centre tax holidays represent oodles of government cash to favoured Indian businesses for little public benefit The 21-year tax holiday doled out by the Union Budget to foreign firms that do data centre business in India should be rolled back,…