Category Public Policies, Programs and Schemes

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Mapping India’s State wise Old-Age Pension Schemes

Old-age pensions are one of the oldest tools of social protection anywhere. In India it sits at the crosshairs of elderly poverty relief and dignity. The Union government's main instrument is the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) which is run by the Ministry of Rural Development. It has operated since 1995 and today comprises five components - the largest is the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS). IGNOAPS was introduced in 2007 (NSAP, 1995). IGNOAPS offers Below Poverty Line citizens aged 60 and above a monthly pension of ₹200 and which further becomes ₹500 after the recipient turns 80 years old (NSAP, 1995).

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Kerala Department wise Schemes Update 2026

Policy UpdatePragya Raghav Background Kerala’s welfare delivery operates in a state where geography, demography and social needs make reaching people effectively particularly important. Spread across 38,863 sq km and home to nearly 3.6 crore people, Kerala combines a densely populated…

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Beyond the Organic Label: Assessing the Performance and Future of Sikkim’s Organic Mission (2010)

An agriculture-driven economy requires technologies and practices suited to its geographical and ecological conditions. This is particularly relevant to the Indian state of Sikkim, where the fragile Himalayan environment and historical farming practices limited the suitability of Green Revolution technologies. Concerns over food security and the ecological costs of chemical-intensive agriculture encouraged the state to pursue traditional and organic farming as a deliberate response to the specific conditions of Himalayan agriculture.

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Karnataka Department Schemes Update 2026

Karnataka is one of the largest states of India, occupying an area of 1,91,791 sq.km. It is the sixth largest state of India and has a population of more than 6.1 crore (as per Census 2011), making it the eighth most populated state. There are sharp regional differences such as the technology-oriented metro-economy of Bangalore Urban district, the drought prone and less developed Kalyana Karnataka region in the northeast consisting of seven districts, the coastal region of Karavali and the ecologically vulnerable Western Ghats ranges of Malnad. Karnataka comprises 31 districts in four administrative divisions: Bangalore, Belagavi, Kalaburagi and Mysuru.

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Mukhyamantri Maiya Samman Yojana (2024): Jharkhand’s State-wide Women’s Cash Transfer in Practice

The Mukhyamantri Maiya Samman Yojana (MMMSY), also referred to as Mukhyamantri Maiyan Samman Yojana, is Jharkhand’s flagship women-focused cash-transfer scheme. It was launched on 18 August 2024 by the state government under Chief Minister Hemant Soren, with applications opening from 1 August 2024. 

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Digital Agriculture Mission 2024: Building India’s Digital Farming Infrastructure

India's agricultural policy has long faced a fundamental information challenge. While the government may determine the types of assistance to provide, identifying who is engaged in farming, the locations of agricultural activity, the crops cultivated, and the specific support required has necessitated reliance on multiple, disconnected records. Land records, crop surveys, beneficiary databases, weather data, and scheme records have historically operated within separate administrative systems.(Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, 2022).

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