Introduction India has quietly entered a new phase in its civil nuclear journey with the introduction of the SHANTI Act (Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Act). Rather than being just another amendment, this law represents a structural redesign of how nuclear power is owned, regulated, financed, and made accountable. For…
Introduction One of the enduring challenges of welfare governance in India has been ensuring that public resources reach the intended beneficiaries efficiently, transparently, and without leakages. Traditional welfare delivery mechanisms—often involving physical cash, intermediaries, and manual records—have historically suffered from corruption, delays, duplication, and wastage. In response to these systemic inefficiencies, the government introduced the…
Introduction In the last two decades, India has witnessed an unprecedented expansion of digital governance initiatives aimed at improving state capacity, service delivery, and citizen identification. Among these, Aadhaar and the National Population Register (NPR) stand out as two large-scale, population-wide identification and data collection schemes. While Aadhaar was introduced primarily as a voluntary, biometric-based…