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Silicosis in Rajasthan

Vol. 56, Issue No. 23, 05 Jun, 2021
M K Devarajan, Alok Rajan

Silicosis, one of the world’s oldest and commonest occupational diseases, has not received adequate policy attention in India. Sustained campaigns by national and state human rights bodies along with non-governmental organisations over the past decade have resulted in greater awareness and some relief in the form of detection and monetary compensation to affected workers. However, preventive measures at the workplace and punitive action against defaulting employers are still a far cry. In this regard, the Rajasthan Policy on Pneumoconiosis is a pioneering move by any state government.

The Story of a Peasant Struggle in Jiwandesar, Rajasthan

Vol. 55, Issue No. 40, 03 Oct, 2020
Akhil Alha

Farmers of Jiwandesar, a village in Rajasthan have waged a struggle for the past two and half decades for getting irrigation water from Gang canal. However, due to the larger political economy of the region where large and influential farmers resist any cutback in their water allowances from the Gang canal and the inert attitude of successive state governments which do not want to antagonise the large farmers’ lobby, the struggle of has not led to a fruition.

Political Crisis in Rajasthan

Vol. 55, Issue No. 31, 01 Aug, 2020

Judicial intervention into the deadlock of defection has only caused further confusion and instability.

Numbers and the Anxiety of the State

Vol. 55, Issue No. 30, 25 Jul, 2020

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Moving towards Single-party Dominance in Rajasthan

Vol. 54, Issue No. 31, 03 Aug, 2019
Sanjay Lodha, Nidhi Jain

The recent sweep by the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Lok Sabha elections from Rajasthan is located in the wider context of the electoral politics of the state. A party that was voted out of power six months ago is given a clear mandate in the national elections and this interesting trend is the focus of this analysis. Drawing data from the National Election Study survey, the factors and forces that contributed to
the Lok Sabha election results in the state are examined.

Cow Veneration among Meo Muslims of Mewat Presents the Complex Nature of Religious Identities

Vol. 54, Issue No. 1, 05 Jan, 2019
Cows, as a symbol, enforce the notion of peasanthood across the Hindu–Muslim religious divide. The current identification of cows entirely with Hinduism is only representative of colonial and postcolonial politics. The article looks at the case of cow veneration among the Meo Muslims in the Mewat region to present the complex nature of religious identities.

Will UDAY Brighten Up Rajasthan’s Finances?

Vol. 53, Issue No. 31, 04 Aug, 2018
Pinaki Chakraborty, Manish Gupta, Lekha Chakraborty

Fiscal prudence in most countries, including India, is focused on general government deficit.

Open Defecation in Rural India, 2015–16

Vol. 53, Issue No. 9, 03 Mar, 2018
Diane Coffey, Dean Spears

The Government of India’s NFHS–4 offers the best new data on open defecation in rural India to be eleased in over a decade. Although open defecation has become less common than it was 10 years ago, it is still highly prevalent, with more than half of rural households reporting open defecation. On average, change has been slow, even during the period of the Swachh Bharat Mission.

Explicit Prejudice

Vol. 53, Issue No. 1, 06 Jan, 2018
Diane Coffey, Payal Hathi, Nidhi Khurana, Amit Thorat

A representative phone survey to study explicit prejudice against women and Dalits in Delhi, Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan reveals widespread prejudice in several domains and discusses the consequences for women and Dalits, and society as a whole. The results suggest the need for a more robust public discourse and active approach to measuring and challenging prejudice and discrimination.

Judicial Delays, Mounting Arrears and Lawyers’ Strikes

Vol. 52, Issue No. 32, 12 Aug, 2017
Khagesh Gautam

Report No 266 of the Law Commission of India, published on 17 March 2017, touches upon several aspects and issues regarding the state of the legal profession in India. The problem of lawyers’ strikes and consequent wastage of judicial time is discussed vis-à-vis the report. Lawyers’ strikes in India contribute to the problem of judicial inefficiency and the Law Commission recommends taking strong institutional actions to end these.

Quenching Thirst by Stealing Livelihood

Vol. 51, Issue No. 46, 12 Nov, 2016
Pragati Jain, Prerna Jain

The shutting down of the Coca-Cola bottling plant at Kaladera, Rajasthan only after it has exacerbated the miseries of this water-scarce village shows how improper institutional practices can put the welfare of the people living in the area at stake. The Kaladera case highlights the importance of the role of the state and its institutions to safeguard the interests of its people, particularly the weak and marginalised.

Beech ka Raasta

Vol. 51, Issue No. 42, 15 Oct, 2016
Ashwin

This field study from Sirohi district, Rajasthan, reveals that, faced with staff shortages, resource constraints and mountains of paperwork, officials and teachers of the primary education department employ a variety of innovations that they term beech ka raasta to deal with challenges and meet targets. This article examines the strategies employed by the lower-level bureaucracy to get the job done in the jugaad framework, suggesting that these tactics are not employed to subvert policy but rather to implement it in the spirit of seva.

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