We celebrate the 10th Anniversary of NIICE
Over the past decade, we've grown, learned and built meaningful partnerships. Thank you Lipun Kumar, Researcher, for sharing your wonderful experience with NIICE and for being part of our journey. Here's to the next chapter together!
🌍 India–France Special Global Strategic Partnership: Recasting Bilateral Ties for a Multipolar World
By @LPKMR1 - Lipun Kumar Sanbad
🤝 India and France raised the bilateral relationship to a Special Global Strategic Partnership when President Emmanuel Macron paid a state visit to India.
📊 The transition to a Special Global Strategic Partnership is an indicator that both nations are interested in making bilateral cooperation institutionalised in the long term based on mutual trust, common values, and convergence of the strategies.
⚡ The partnership undertakes to cooperate in clean energy transitions, such as increased civil nuclear energy co-operation and purchase of supply chains of essential critical minerals to advanced manufacturing and green technologies.
🌐 The fact that India-France relations have been upgraded to a Special Global Strategic Partnership has far-reaching consequences for India’s long-term strategic independence and positioning in the world.
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My vision is simple yet powerful a welfare nation that restores dignity through opportunity. Because true progress is when growth touches the ground where Bharat truly lives.
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My Vision for Bharat 🇮🇳
My Bharat is one where no child sleeps hungry, where villages are not left behind in the race for development, and where welfare means empowerment not dependence. I dream of a country where every citizen has access to clean water, healthcare, and
Every rupee meant for the poor must reach the poor. With sustained effort and community-driven governance, we can see visible transformation within 10 to 15 years a Bharat where every family has food security, financial access, and hope for the future.
compacts with parties, universities, and PSUs. Annual “Equity Accounts” will report who benefited by sub-group, district, and sector so the silent majority isn’t left behind again.
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If I could design my dream policy job, I’d be the National Architect for 'OBC Equity & Inclusion'.
I’ll innovate an OBC-centric policy because India’s OBCs are a majority by historic estimates the Mandal Commission pegged them at ~52%
Independent national surveys also show large OBC identification, underscoring the need for updated enumeration.
I’ll run district equity labs, publish OBC Opportunity Maps (education, skills, credit), redesign quotas and outreach by sub-group, and negotiate representation
The “Youth Productivity Boost Scheme (YPBS)” A Policy Designed to Fail
Imagine a government introducing the Youth Productivity Boost Scheme to “motivate” unemployed youth. Under YPBS, individuals aged 18–30 who fail to find a job within six months.....
The result? Young people from marginalized or rural backgrounds, already struggling with access to training and mobility, are pushed further away from opportunities. Urban youth with resources may survive; others will drop out of the workforce altogether.
Why It Matters:
Strengthening small dairy infrastructure means:
Higher income for rural families
Less waste, more supply stability
Affordable milk for urban consumers
That’s how smart policy can make your morning milk more sustainable.
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Follow the Flow: The Journey of Milk 🥛
From rural dairy farms to your breakfast table, milk flows through a vast chain of farmers, cooperatives, cold storage, transport, and retailers each step shaped by policy choices.
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Policy Change:
Expand DIDF eligibility to include micro-dairies and rural entrepreneurs with low-interest loans and subsidies for solar-powered chilling units.
This would improve storage, cut spoilage, and stabilize prices across seasons.