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Social policy in India encompasses welfare programmes, poverty alleviation, food security, and social protection schemes administered primarily by the Ministries of Labour & Employment, Women & Child Development, Social Justice & Empowerment, and Rural Development. The sector is guided by constitutional directives on equitable growth and targets universal access to basic services for India's 1.4 billion citizens. Current policy direction emphasises Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), last-mile delivery through digital infrastructure, and convergence of flagship schemes under the Viksit Bharat 2047 vision.

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Bharat Pulse · TLGS Research · 2026-09-15

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Prepared research edition. Advertised notices require current issuer, corrigendum and award-status checks. This is not an exhaustive live procurement feed or a statement that TLGS is retained on these projects.

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Selected mandate · National policy

GST, digital mobility & the platform economy

A major TLGS policy mandate addressing the GST treatment of electronic commerce operators in passenger mobility: statutory research, a conduct-based clarification proposal, fiscal safeguards and coordinated Union–State policy engagement.

Ongoing policy engagement — clarification sought

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Shri Parag Gupta, IAS (Retd.)

Former Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Odisha; former Adviser, NITI Aayog

Distinguished Policy Principal

Public Policy, Infrastructure, Institutional Governance & Regulatory Strategy

Former Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Odisha, and former Adviser, NITI Aayog, with a public-policy and infrastructure background.

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Capt. G. S. Rathee

Adviser & Member of the Board, BCKICBhubaneswar City Knowledge Innovation Cluster Foundation · S&T Clusters initiative, Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India

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Governance, Public Policy & Strategic Initiatives

Governance, aviation and institutional-strategy professional with experience in autonomous councils, public policy and innovation ecosystems.

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Section 9(5): digital facilitation or economic intermediation?

Why the proposed assessment focuses on actual platform functions, not a business label—and why passenger mobility must be analysed on its own facts.

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Published 13 September 2026 · Explains an ongoing TLGS proposal. Not a notification, tax exemption or report of government acceptance.

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