Shashikant Ahankari was the driving force behind the Health and Auto Learning Organization, a social movement aimed at creating sustained and affordable access to formal healthcare for the poor...
Commentary
Commentary
Political parties are gearing up for the 2024 general elections, and the recent assembly elections in Karnataka have provided a template for the opposition parties to defeat the Bharatiya Janata...
Though the union government made efforts to protect the data of individuals with the introduction of the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 and subsequently with the enactment of the Digital...
Owing to both internal (skewed production and export basket) and external (rising imports, growing competition) challenges, India’s share in global tea exports is gradually declining. In this context...
The recent cash assistance scheme called the Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thogai for eligible female household heads, announced by the Tamil Nadu government, is a significant policy intervention aimed at...
Marking a historic moment in the global struggle against caste injustice, recent legislations in Seattle and California explicitly ban caste discrimination. The legal category of caste in these...
The experiences and challenges in health service delivery, faced by the newly created cadre known as mid-level healthcare providers or community health officers, are explored through an empirical...
The delimitation exercise in Assam has not only redrawn the boundaries of the constituencies but also political fault lines of the state. Hailed by a section as a step to safeguard the rights of...
In financial year 2022–23, more than 5 crore workers were deleted from the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act database—a 247% increase compared to the previous FY . Using a...
Industrial policy seems to be attempting a comeback to the centre stage of policy discussions. In a given milieu of global economic conditions, it offers opportunities for developing economies to...
The forest management and state-building efforts in the late 19th century are analysed by examining the failure of a state-run rubber plantation in Charduar, Assam. This plantation needs to be...
There exists almost no information on the dynamics of the economy on a quarterly or monthly basis at the state level. The use of high-frequency indicators opens the door for nowcasting the state...
Looking into the efficacy of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act, a model for platform regulation is suggested for India. Ensuring a level playing field in the Indian digital markets could pose...
Instead of a fixed vertical share for the entire award period, an upward revision of vertical devolution to the states as and when there is an increase in cess and surcharges by the union government...
The key drivers of farmer producer organisations are analysed in terms of their outreach, operations and financials and derived common performance indicators that make them model institutions. The...
