India’s Digital Sovereignty at Risk: The UK FTA
02 August 2025 | blogwebThis essay explores how the India-UK Free Trade Agreement risks India’s digital sovereignty by compromising control over data, code, and...
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Vegetable Oil Security in India: Bold Moves to Cut Import Dependence
31 July 2025 | blogwebVegetable Oil Security: India’s Strategic Push for Self-Reliance Context: In an unusual shift, Indian importers have purchased a record 150,000...
Current Affairs
India’s Insurance Sector
31 July 2025 | blogwebContext: The 2025-26 Union Budget raised the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) cap in insurance to 100%, building on the 2021-22...
Current Affairs
Rise of Contractual Labour in India
31 July 2025 | blogwebContext: In recent decades, India’s formal manufacturing sector has seen a sharp rise in contractual employment, with contract workers now...
Current Affairs
Regulating Stablecoins
31 July 2025 | blogwebContext: US President Donald Trump recently signed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (Genius Act) into...
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India’s Slum Clusters in Flood-Prone Areas Reveal a Looming Urban Crisis
30 July 2025 | blogwebIndia Slum Clusters in Flood Zones: Study Warns of Mounting Risk Context: Flooding affects over 2.3 billion people globally each...
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Financial Inclusion Index 2025
29 July 2025 | blogwebContext: The RBI released the Financial Inclusion Index (FI-Index) for March 2025, assigning a score of 67, up from 64.2...
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Textile Sector Turning out to be Country’s Strength
29 July 2025 | blogwebContext: Ahead of National Handloom Day, PM Modi linked the Swadeshi Movement to India’s rising textile sector, highlighting its role...
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Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PM-VBRY)
28 July 2025 | blogweb‘PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PM-VBRY)’ to come into effect from 1st August 2025 Context: The Employment Linked Incentive (ELI)...
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India’s Critical Mineral Strategy: A Bold Leap for Clean Energy Leadership
25 July 2025 | blogwebIndia’s Critical Mineral Strategy: A Visionary Push for Global Clean Tech Dominance Context: Critical minerals have become central to 21st-century...
Current Affairs
Biostimulants in India
25 July 2025 | blogwebBiostimulants that aid plant growth, now under the Centre’s scrutiny Context: Recently, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan directed state...
Current Affairs
GST Reform Must Address the Critical Gap in Tobacco Taxation
03 July 2025 | blogwebGST reform and unfinished business in tobacco control Context: With the GST compensation cess set to expire in March 2026,...
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G.I. Tag Battles Cultural Misappropriation: A Bold Step for Traditional Artisans
02 July 2025 | blogwebCan a G.I. tag prevents cultural misappropriation? Context: Recently , at its Spring/Summer 2026 menswear show in Milan, Italian luxury...
Economy
Multidimensional Indices in Indian Healthcare
28 June 2025 | blogwebReforming Social Protection with Multidimensional Indices Context: India’s poverty measurement has evolved from pre-independence subsistence-based estimates to modern multidimensional frameworks....
Economy
India’s Poverty Debate
28 June 2025 | blogwebThe truth about poverty in India Context: In April 2025, the Government of India issued a press release titled “India’s...
