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Women’s Livelihood (In)security in Neo-liberal Context

Vol. 57, Issue No. 3, 15 Jan, 2022
Jayanta Krishna Sarmah, Parimita Bhuyan

The construction of India’s welfare image has undergone significant changes in the neo-liberal context, and the livelihood dialogue has reoriented itself in this new politico-economic perspective. The authors have felt the need to look into the issue of women’s livelihood (in)security in an emerging neo-liberal scenario with reference to a significant livelihood programme named Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihood Mission. The aim of the paper is to understand objectively the potential and role of DAY-NRLM in ensuring women’s livelihood security in the neo-liberal context. The empirical study is conducted in Biswanath district of Assam with the help of focus group interview and semi-structured interview schedule.

 

Decentralisation, Development and ‘Elite Capture’

Vol. 56, Issue No. 20, 15 May, 2021
Anil Kumar Vaddiraju

Decentralised Governance, Development Programmes and Elite Capture by D Rajasekhar, M Devendra Babu and R Manjula, Singapore: Springer Nature, 2018; pp 169, Price not mentioned.

 

Who Is Responsible When Technology Fails the Marginalised?

Vol. 55, Issue No. 21, 23 May, 2020
The digitisation of welfare delivery systems cannot be at the cost of the marginalised, who continue to bear the brunt of the government’s techno-fetishism. This is part of a six-article series on questions surrounding data, privacy, artificial intelligence, among others. You can read the introduction here .

Nothing Succeeds Like Success in West Bengal

Vol. 51, Issue No. 22, 28 May, 2016
Rajat Roy

The outcome of the West Bengal assembly elections raises important questions. For one, it questions the narrative of rural appeasement by populist schemes undertaken by the incumbent government versus discontent in urban areas. The success of the welfare schemes, in any case, is put in check by extortion, lumpen practices, corruption as well as discrimination in favour of Trinamool Congress supporters. The hurriedly put together alliance between the Left Front and Congress could offer no viable alternative to the ruling regime.

Efficiency and Equity of Food Market Interventions

Vol. 37, Issue No. 12, 23 Mar, 2002
Bharat Ramaswami

This paper reviews the economic rationale of food market interventions in India, the problems that arise in designing these policies and their performance. The evaluation points to certain directions of reform which require that the framework of a centralised public distribution system be set aside in favour of a regionally differentiated safety net of food subsidies sensitive to local consumption patterns, needs and circumstances.

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