In the 2019 election, Assam will see a direct fight between the Congress and the Asom Gana Parishad–Bharatiya Janata Party alliance in almost all its constituencies.
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Demand- as well as supply-side factors constrain the labour force participation of rural women.
Gendered notions of productivity limit women from self-identifying as equal and worthy workers.
Commentary
In the 2019 election, Assam will see a direct fight between the Congress and the Asom Gana Parishad–Bharatiya Janata Party alliance in almost all its constituencies.
Special Articles
In India, 29% of women aged 15–49 have experienced marital violence.
Columns
The Supreme Court’s judgments in the Rafale Papers and the Electoral Bonds cases suggest that it is alive to the need for upholding transparency when it comes to the freedoms of the press and the funding of political parties.
Book Reviews
A Quantum Leap in the Wrong Direction? edited by Rohit Azad, Shouvik Chakraborty, Srinivasan Ramani and Dipa Sinha, Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan, 2019; pp 315, ₹ 495.
Review Issues
Following its mandate to double farmers’ income by 2022, the central government has enacted a separate model contract farming act in 2018 based on the perception that contract farming is one of the several pathways for doubling farm income.
Special Issues
Using district-level data, the effect of financial literacy centres on financial inclusion in India is investigated.
