In another three years, India will commemorate the 50th Anniversary for one of its earliest flagship programmes, Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS). The programme’s intention is to ensure Early Childhood Care and Development for Children between 0-6 years of age. Beyond this, the programme also caters to the needs of pregnant and lactating mothers by […]
States in India have different number of political parties contesting Vidhan Sabha (or state) elections. This article looks to explore if there is a relationship between the number of parties contesting elections in a state, and the quality of governance and quantity of public goods provisioned in that state. Chhibber & Nooruddin (2004) suggests that
Are a Lesser Number of Political Parties Better for the People? Read More »
Ensuring Last Mile Connectivity of Financial Resources In order to make every citizen financially sound it is very important to ensure that financial resources reach to every corner of the country and the benefits are availed by everyone as well. Around 90% of Rural Households are estimated to have a savings account at an accredited
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Juvenile delinquency has become an important theme of discussion while analysing the criminal law in India and such crimes committed by adolescents have been a part of the deviance and group conflict in various societies. A juvenile is an individual who has not yet attained the age of eighteen or could be deemed as a
Delinquent Systems: an analysis of juvenile justice in India Read More »
Energy: The unquenchable thirst for humankind As we look around, every nation is pushing its own limits to secure its energy sources. Every country, be it the superpowers or tiny island nations, has always raced and competed to get hold of scarce energy resources. Starting from the imperial colonial pursuits of the exploring Europeans to
Energy Transition to Green Hydrogen Leading to National Energy Security – Atma Nirbharta Read More »
Albert Einstein, widely regarded as one of the greatest physicists of all time, had famously remarked “we cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them”. Einstein, in all likelihood, made this statement to influence scientific temper and inculcate the value of scientific thinking, but his quote is easily admissible
A Solution-Centric Mindset is Fundamental to Public Policy Work Read More »
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes (CBIC) recently announced that effective 18th July 2022, pre-packaged cereals, pulses, curd, milk, etc. will be liable for 5% Goods and Services Tax (GST). Given that these are items of everyday use and need the imposition of tax will hit the wallets of the common people in an already inflation-ridden economy.
Brand Value to Basic Goods: the GST problem Read More »
The pandemic COVID-19 unleashed a global crisis that pressed for expertise more than ever before. Virologists, epidemiologists, and other health scientists were hunted all across the nations to reframe health policies to cater to the requirements of the pandemic. And, their formulations to contain the coronavirus remained unchallenged. The epistemic authority of experts justified restrictive
The Pandemic Unveils the Politics of Expertise Read More »
Recently, the Commission of Inquiry led by Justice (retd) Justice VS Sirpurkar, instituted by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India to investigate the ‘fake’ encounter of the 4 accused in the 2019 Hyderabad rape case involving a 26-year-old veterinarian ‘Disha’, had its report made public by the Court. The report lambasts the Hyderabad Police, for
Police Reforms: much known but less done Read More »
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on not just public health, but also on economies and livelihoods of people around the world. Socio-economic inequalities worsened globally, pushing about 230 million people into poverty in India alone, as per a report by Azim Premji University [1]. If there is one thing that the last
A Case for Urban Employment Guarantee Programme: Necessity, precedents and proposals Read More »
