APEG_Policy

APEG is a dynamic hub dedicated to shaping the thought processes of Indian leaders and driving transformative policy making.

[APEG_Policy @apeg_policy]

@OfficialINDIAai @startupindia @_DigitalIndia @PMOIndia . why was the portal closed before the deadline. this need to be taken seriously

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@OfficialINDIAai Unable to submit application for Int. Acceleration Program for Indian AI Startups. App portral closed before 16th march . why ?

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@AshwiniVaishnaw @GoI_MeitY app portal closed before 16th March midnight ? Please respond @OfficialINDIAai

[APEG_Policy @apeg_policy]

@OfficialINDIAai Unable to submit application for Int. Acceleration Program for Indian AI Startups. App portral closed before 16th march . why ?

[APEG_Policy @apeg_policy]

@OfficialINDIAai Unable to submit application for Int. Acceleration Program for Indian AI Startups. App portral closed before 16th march . why ?

[Digital India @_DigitalIndia]

A powerful national consortium. Strong institutional backing. Transformative investment. 🇮🇳

With leading IITs, IIIT Hyderabad and IIM Indore joining forces — and robust support from DST and MeitY — BharatGen is building AI at true national scale.

Click to read more - https://t.co/6juD7CQDyS

@iitbombay | @iitmadras | @IITKanpur | @IITHyderabad | @IITGuwahati | @IIMIndoreEE | @AshwiniVaishnaw | @jitinprasada|

#IndiaAIImpactSummit2026 #ResponsibleAI #PeoplePlanetProgress

[Ministry of Electronics & IT @GoI_MeitY]

From healthcare to agriculture, from courts to classrooms — BharatGen is shaping an inclusive AI ecosystem built for India, by India.

Click to read more - https://t.co/t00DMJ3Kfp

@DrJitendraSingh | @BharatGen_Com | @OfficialINDIAai | @GoI_MeitY

#IndiaAIImpactSummit2026

[Kanchan Gupta 🇮🇳 @KanchanGupta]

India releases its National CounterTerrorism Policy & Strategy.

Short document; read it here:

https://t.co/BaIG3XcboJ

[Deedy @deedydas]

I was wrong about Sarvam.

When I wrote about them a year ago, I felt like the direction to train small "indic" language models was wrong. But boy, have they turned it around. They have the best text-to-speech, speech-to text, and OCR models for Indic languages, and that's actually really valuable. The pricing is very reasonable. And the website is not only beautifully designed but dirt easy to use. They're filling a well needed gap in the ecosystem and doing things big labs will probably never focus on to the fullest extent (at least in the short term). I don't know anything about the business, but there's a lot to appreciate about what they've build technologically and I can't remember the last time I felt that way about software products coming out of India. Well done.

[Ashwini Vaishnaw @AshwiniVaishnaw]

Our sovereign model strategy is delivering results.

Even the most critical reviewers are praising the technologically advanced model released by Sarvam as a part of our AI mission.

In parallel, our smart young engineers are working on innovations in materials science, healthcare and cybersecurity that will be noticed by the world as pathbreaking models.

[Office of Principal Scientific Adviser to the GoI @PrinSciAdvOff]

Hon'ble Finance Minister @nsitharaman announced the Union Budget for the financial year 2026-27. In her presentation, she emphasised India's path toward becoming a developed nation by 2047 while navigating significant global challenges, new technologies and transforming production systems.

The Budget is inspired to deliver on three kartavyas (duties): accelerating and sustaining economic growth by enhancing productivity and competitiveness; fulfilling people's aspirations and building their capacity as strong partners in India's prosperity; and ensuring every family, community, region and sector has access to resources, amenities and opportunities for meaningful participation.

To achieve this threefold approach, the Finance Minister outlined three essential requirements:

▶️ Sustain the momentum of structural reforms— continuous, adaptive, and forward-looking.

▶️ A robust and resilient financial sector to mobilise savings, allocate capital efficiently and manage risks.

▶️ Leveraging cutting-edge technologies, including AI applications, can serve as force multipliers for better governance.

Swipe right to explore key STI highlights from the 2026-27 budget.

Read the full Budget Speech of the Hon’ble Finance Minister: https://t.co/G0RW4DM4tC

[APEG_Policy @apeg_policy]

Banking Without a Bank Account - A Paradigm Shift

Reimagining access beyond traditional banking construct

💡 For decades, we’ve treated accounts as the gateway to trust, credit, and financial access. But in a world powered by Aadhaar, UPI, and consent-driven data rails, that assumption deserves to be questioned.

📝 This concept paper argues for a radical alternative: banking anchored on identity—not just accounts

🤔 Imagine a system where trust is established once, reused everywhere; where onboarding friction collapses, credit moves at the speed of data, and customers—not institutions—control financial access. This isn’t incremental reform. It’s a structural rethink of banking economics, compliance, and inclusion.

🆔 If we were designing India’s financial system from scratch today, would we still build it around millions of redundant accounts—or around a shared financial identity layer?

@ramrastogi @LoharPrasanna @deepakmsharma1 @bhagwanUCLA @rakran1812 @DFS_India @IIM_Calcutta @NITIAayog @nsitharamanoffc @_DigitalIndia

Download full report here.
https://t.co/iGclxn9udt

#digitalbanking #banking #DigitalTransformation #Onboarding #BankingMadeEasy #aadhar #upi #universalbanking #CustomerExperience #dpi #techpolicy #publicpolicy #indiastack #bankingtechnology #BankofTheFuture #DigitalIndia #digitalidentity #Uidai #digitalpublicinfrastructur

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

The historic agreement with EU, which is India’s largest Free Trade Agreement in history, has substantial benefits for the 1.4 billion people of India. It will:

Make access to European markets easier for our farmers and small industries.

Create new opportunities in manufacturing.

Further strengthen cooperation between our services sectors. #IndiaEUTradeDeal

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

This landmark deal between the 2nd largest and 4th largest economies of the world promises to create unprecedented opportunities and open new avenues of growth as well as cooperation. This deal will benefit the entire global community.

It would help create quality jobs in key sectors, enable further mobility for our youth, professional talent, students and researchers and unlock the potential of the digital age. Importantly, it will foster innovation and strengthen economic ties for mutual growth.

Together, India and the EU are moving ahead with trust and ambition towards a prosperous as well as sustainable future! #IndiaEUTradeDeal

[APEG_Policy @apeg_policy]

On India’s 77th Republic Day, we reaffirm our commitment to the constitutional ideals of justice, liberty, equality & fraternity.
Strong institutions, evidence-based policy & inclusive governance remain central to translating these values into lived realities.

#77thRepublicDay #RepublicDay #ConstitutionOfIndia #PublicPolicy
#GoodGovernance #InclusiveDevelopment #InstitutionBuilding #APEG

[JEEVIKA Bihar @brlps_jeevika]

मुजफ्फरपुर में समृद्धि यात्रा के अवसर पर जीविका द्वारा लगाए गए 14 स्टॉल जीविकोपार्जन संवर्धन, महिला सशक्तीकरण एवं आत्मनिर्भरता की झलक बने।

इस अवसर पर जीविका के मुख्य कार्यपालक पदाधिकारी,श्री हिमांशु शर्मा ने जीविका दीदियों द्वारा लगाये गये स्टॉलों का निरीक्षण किया एवं दीदियों द्वारा किए जा रहे कृषि, पशुपालन एवं गैर-कृषि गतिविधियों की सराहना की I
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#जीविका
#सतत_जीविकोपार्जन
#स्वरोजगार
#ग्रामीण_विकास
#jeevika
#WomenEmpowerment
#WomenEntrepreneurs
#SelfEmployment
#SustainableLivelihoods
#RuralDevelopment
@MoRD_GoI
@BiharRDD
@DM_Muzaffarpur

[JEEVIKA Bihar @brlps_jeevika]

आज दिनांक 23 जनवरी 2026 को समृद्धि यात्रा के क्रम में माननीय मुख्यमंत्री श्री @NitishKumar जी ने मुजफ्फरपुर जिले का भ्रमण किया। इस दौरान उन्होंने जीविका द्वारा लगाए गए स्टालों का अवलोकन किया तथा जीविका दीदियों द्वारा संचालित स्वरोजगार गतिविधियों की सराहना करते हुए उनके प्रयासों को प्रेरणादायी बताया।
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#jeevika
#SamriddhiYatra2026
#JanSamvad
#DevelopedBihar
#BiharProgress
#NitishKumar
#CMNitishKumar
#समृद्धि_यात्रा_2026
#जनसंवाद #Muzaffarpur
@MoRD_GoI
@BiharRDD
@DM_Muzaffarpur

[Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India @mopr_goi]

#MeraGaonMeriDharohar | मेरा गाँव, मेरी धरोहर

Gram Panchayats are requested to organise a Gram Sabha on 26 January 2026 on the theme #MeraGaonMeriDharohar.

During the #GramSabha, discuss the village’s art, culture, food traditions, ornaments, historical sites, eminent personalities, and local artists.

Review the information available on the #MGMD Portal, deliberate upon it, and verify its accuracy to help preserve the village’s cultural heritage and pass it on to future generations.

#PMO #MoPR #MoCulture
#RepublicDay2026 #GramSabha
#VillageHeritage #MGMD #Culture #IGNCA

@LalanSingh_1 @gssjodhpur
@spsinghbaghelpr @MinOfCultureGoI
@ignca_delhi @OfficialNMCM @PIBCulture
@PMOIndia @uppanchayatiraj @PRD_Bihar

[NITI Aayog @NITIAayog]

NITI Aayog released three reports on enhancing the circular economy in End-of-Life Vehicles (ELVs), Waste Tyres, E-waste and Lithium-ion Batteries.

The launch took place on 22 January 2026 during the Material Recycling Association of India (MRAI)–International Material Recycling Conference (IMRC), held in Jaipur. The reports were developed through extensive consultations with key stakeholders, including line Ministries, regulators, industry representatives and knowledge partners.

The reports analysed key challenges across the circular economy ecosystem and provided recommendations for infrastructure development, sector formalisation, strengthening the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework, and enhancing economic potential for revenue generation.

The reports aim to improve resource efficiency, strengthen material security and advance sustainability in India.

Access full reports here:

Report 1: https://t.co/dk3RGYqcdE

Report 2: https://t.co/2SrN4DlwuE

Report 3: https://t.co/jKH5vGJyXN

#NITIAayog #CircularEconomy #ResourceEfficiency #MaterialSecurity #SustainableIndia #ELVs #EWaste #LithiumIonBatteries #IMRC2026

[APEG_Policy @apeg_policy]

Wishing everyone a blessed Basant Panchami 🌼

May the season of spring bring knowledge, clarity of thought & renewed purpose.

#BasantPanchami #SaraswatiPuja #Knowledge #Wisdom #APEG

[Dr. S. Jaishankar @DrSJaishankar]

As we mark a decade of #StartupIndia journey, 🇮🇳’s innovation ecosystem has emerged as a powerful driver of growth, employment and economic transformation.

Under PM @narendramodi ji’s leadership, sustained reforms, robust digital infrastructure and strong policy support have empowered our entrepreneurs and strengthened India’s global footprint.

#10YearsOfStartupIndia
#NationalStartupDay

[APEG_Policy @apeg_policy]

At APEG, we wish you a joyful Pongal, Lohri, and Makar Sankranti 🌾
Celebrating harvest, resilience, and the spirit of renewal that sustains communities and livelihoods across India.

#Pongal #Lohri #MakarSankranti #APEG #Sustainability #InclusiveGrowth #Agriculture #PublicPolicy