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Plantable Seed Crackers: A Sustainable way to Celebrate Diwali
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Positive Bharat

The most pressing issues of modern times are environmental degradation and climate change. The climate change issues have been further aggravated by increasing pollution. Among the different forms of pollution, air pollution is known to have global ....

February 13, 2024 Governance and Political Studies , Diwali , Sustainable living , Positive Bharat , Seed Crackers , Tradition and Innovation , Eco-friendly , Air Pollution.
Ayushman Bharat: A Milestone in India’s Healthcare System
Sourav Sharma Article

धर्मार्थ काम मोक्षाणां आरोग्यं मूलमुतमम्। रोगास्तस्यापहर्तारः श्रेयशो जीवितस्य च।। - (Char....

February 09, 2024 Governance and Political Studies , Article , PMJAY , Ayushman Card , Public Health Insurance , Social Protection , Unprivileged , Ayushman Arogya Mandir , Community Health Centres , Wellness , National Health Authority
Livelihood Alternatives: Enhancing rural development by supporting small farmers
Dr Arpita Anant Positive Bharat

In Odisha, the rural landscape is dotted with examples of individual excellence in the agri- development space. However, when it comes to collective efforts at economic transformation, the success has not been very encouraging. Many of the collective....

February 06, 2024 Governance and Political Studies , Capacity Building , Sustainability , Positive Bharat , StartUps , Livelihood Alternatives , cooperatives , small farmers , “One Block One Product” , NABARD , IRMA
Sustainability, Knowledge Platform and G-20 for Emerging Economies
Dr Swati Mitra Commentary

The recent COP 28 in Abu Dhabi and prior to that the G20 Summit in New Delhi observed “at the midway point to 2030, the global progress on SDGs is off-track with only 12 percent of the targets on track”. Global Leaders are tying loose....

January 11, 2024 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , SDGs , Sustainability , Global South , CSO , ESG
India’s Stock Market Outperforms among the Top 10 Leading Economies
Dr S P Sharma Article

The Indian stock market has experienced a remarkable surge in market capitalization, expanding from USD 1.1 trillion in December 2013 to USD 4 trillion in December 2023. This extraordinary growth signifies a fourfold increase within the last 10 years....

December 27, 2023 Governance and Political Studies , Economic Studies , Article , GDP growth , Indian Economy , Indian stock market , National Stock Exchange
India’s Chess Prodigies: A Sister-Brother Grandmaster Duo
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Positive Bharat

India's image as a country of prodigies is cemented as it continues to foster and recognise the extraordinary abilities of its young minds. Many prodigies from India have demonstrated outstanding abilities in various fields. A sister-brother duo from....

December 20, 2023 Governance and Political Studies , Positive Bharat , Chess , Prodigy , International Chess Tournament , FIDE , Olympic Games , Grand Slam
From Plastic to Petrol: Justman Synram’s Green Triumph
Aarushi Gupta Positive Bharat

Justman Synrem, widely recognized as Petrol man, is an innovative entrepreneur hailing from Sohra, a small town in Meghalaya, India. Renowned for his visionary approach, he gained fame for introducing a ground breaking technology that transforms plas....

December 19, 2023 Governance and Political Studies , innovation , Positive Bharat , Plastic Waste , Justman Synrem , Petrol , Sustainable , Green Future , Circular Economy
Phool.Co: An Effort to Clean Environment Through Fragrance
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Positive Bharat

In Bharat, flowers are one of the essential elements in prayers offered by millions of people daily. Apart from religious activities, floral consumption also occurs in the textile, medicine, and perfume industries. According to the data from the I....

November 30, 2023 Governance and Political Studies , Climate Change , UN , UAE , Climate , Bharat , COP28 , Positive Bharat , Ganga , Phool.co , Kashi , Varanasi , Waste Management , Kanpur
New Paradigms in Governance 2019-2024
V. Srinivas, IAS

Under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Modi, the Governance landscape of India has radically changed in scale, scope and learning paradigms. India has succeeded in transforming technologically obsolete institutions into modern day digital i....

November 30, 2023 Governance and Political Studies , governance , Government , Public Administration , e-Governance , Public Grievances , NCGG , DARPG
India’s Resilient Constitution
Rup Narayan Das Commentary

The government decided in November 2015 to observe 26th November as Constitution Day or Sambidhan Divas to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution on 26th November 1949 which came into effect from 26th January 1950. The basic objective b....

November 29, 2023 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Constitution , Fundamental Rights , Gandhi , Amedkar , Anhony Eden , Talisman
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