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Women Empowerment and Development Schemes

The Centre has reoriented policy from welfare transfers to a women-led development model. Fiscal support rose to 9.3% of the Union Budget and Female Labour Force Participation reached...

 June 3, 2026

Prison Overcrowding and Undertrials India

The NCRB Prison Statistics India 2024 report (released recently) shows a national occupancy rate of 112.7% and that 72.6% of inmates are undertrials. Persistent overcrowding, staff shortages and...

 June 2, 2026

BrahMos Export Strategy

India has officially confirmed the signing of an agreement to export BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles to Vietnam, marking a critical expansion of its defence footprint in Southeast Asia....

 June 1, 2026

Election Commission Legal Framework

The Election Commission of India convened the second National Conference of ECI Counsels at IIIDEM, New Delhi, under the theme "A Year of Legal Challenges, Experiences, Learnings and...

 June 1, 2026

Digitising Mineral Governance in Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh’s mineral administration has moved from paper-led discretion to data-led control. Khanij Online and Khanij Online 2.0 now connect production, despatch, payments, compliance, and grievance handling on a...

 January 1, 2026

America First and the Global Trade Shock

The 2025 trade shock has altered the global economic order. With Washington using tariffs as a security tool, multilateral trade rules have weakened, supply chains have faced fresh...

 January 1, 2026

India–New Zealand Trade Reset

At a time of trade fragmentation and supply-chain risk, the India–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement shows India’s preference for selective liberalisation. The pact, signed by Narendra Modi and...

 January 1, 2026

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