Four Pillars of Research
Empowerment of Youth, Women, Farmers, and Marginalised Groups of Haryana
- Identify the means to engage women and youth in paid work meaning fully. Identifying the target group best suited for upskilling, encouraging technology utilisation, and providing suitable jobs for women.
- Providing farmers with affordable modern technologies and training them to use the technological assistance most effectively. Providing a toolkit to nudge the farmers toward adopting sustainable practices to increase productivity.
- Advocate for policies that uplift backward classes and the SC-ST communities to ensure equitable participation in Haryana’s growth story.
- Explore financial inclusion strategies to support marginalised groups.
- Formulate policies to reduce gender disparities and promote inclusive growth.
Industry Development and Employment-Linked Investment
- Build Haryana’s industrial ecosystem, focusing on green industries and sustainable investments.
- Attract investments in IT, renewable energy, and tourism sectors.
- Develop strategies to enhance employment opportunities, especially for youth.
- Propose adoption of ELI – employmentlinked incentives for the industries. Strengthen Haryana’s position as a logistics and industrial hub.
- Promote entrepreneurship and MSME growth as engines of regional development.
Education, Health, Environmental, and Human Development Challenges to Fulfil the SDGs
Education – Improve the quality of education, especially for underprivileged communities, and promote skill development programmes. Address the persistent teacher shortage issue through a two-pronged strategy that addresses youth and women unemploy-ment in the state.
Health – Strengthen healthcare delivery systems, ensure universal health coverage, and address maternal health and malnutrition challenges. Focus on improvement of the sex ratio in the state to match at least the national average in the first stage. Target the growing TB cases in the state through deep, sustained measures.
Environment – Address climate change through renewable energy, water conservation, and sustainable agricultural practices. Focus on identi-fying ways to curtail crop burning by facili-tating dialogues between farmers, policy advocates, and government representa-tives.
Human Development – Foster gender equality, poverty alleviation, and equitable access to opportunities. Formulate policies to reduce rural-urban disparities.
Legal and Institutional Reforms
- Strengthen governance and public administration through institutional reforms.
- Address legal challenges related to land acquisition, labour laws, and environmen-tal protection.
- Promote e-governance and transparency in government systems.
- Advocate for judicial reforms and access to justice in rural and underserved areas.