This transformation is the result of economic reforms initiated by the Government of India (GoI) in 1991 and carried forward over time. Consequently, the real per capita gross domestic product (GDP) ...
In practice, however, revisions are often delayed. At present—unchanged for the past seven quarters—the announced rates for several small savings instruments remain above the formula-based rates ...
Let me say that I have known him closely now for more than 50 years; much of what I say below is not from hearsay, but from first-hand knowledge of what he has achieved and how he went about it.
Lack of capital and constrained access to credit have long been recognised as major obstacles in the growth and expansion of micro- and small-sized firms. While credit related challenges are faced by ...
Recent policy discourse has begun to recognise the pivotal role of districts, as the fulcrum of decentralised growth (PIB 2023). However, in the absence of robust district domestic product (DDP) ...
These workers play a vital role across industries, yet their contributions remain largely undervalued and invisible in policy frameworks. Recognising their skills and experience through the ...
Most disturbing!” This was the reaction of the Supreme Court when casteist provisions in various state prison manuals were read out in open court during the proceedings in Sukanya Shanthav Union of ...
The new Degree of Urbanisation methodology used in this report, published by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, provides a rather detailed and more reliable analysis of the ...
Far from being confined to religious orthodoxy or rural tradition, it is embedded within modern institutions like the law, academics and cultural systems that re­inforce hierarchies. Discriminatory ...
The absence of a dedicated law has afflicted the areas of collection, preservation, and processing of DNA samples (Titus 2023). It is in this context that the Supreme Court’s judgment in Kattavellai @ ...
The RTI was historically articulated as an instrument of democratic visibility: a juridical right through which citizens could pierce the opacity of the state. Its promise rested on an antagonistic ...
The relative decline of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) seats in the 18th Lok Sabha gave a new wind to the opposition’s sails. However, after consecutive drubbings in Maharashtra, Haryana, Delhi, ...