The Electricity Act of 2003 allows multiple power distributors in an area, intended mainly for rural areas. Now private companies are eyeing distribution in urban and industrial areas. Instead of…
A trend of feminisation of public employment is being observed in India. This could help achieve gender parity in employment and achieve higher human development levels. But high job quality is also…
In his new book, Joseph Stiglitz argues that neoliberalism has focused too much on limiting government restrictions (negative freedoms) while neglecting government support (positive freedoms). This…
There are indeed demographic and development differences between the North and the South, but concerns about labour migration to the South are not warranted since the movement of labour is an…
There are internal constraints and structural barriers to women’s claim-making under MGNREGA. Supporting more egalitarian decision-making within the village, designing interventions that can help…
For the first time in years, the NDA government has admitted that there is a need to prioritise job growth. But Budget 2024 does not offer the right policy thrust. The economy needs a new economic…
India’s welcome to the WIPO accord on recognition of indigenous knowledge reflects a new pragmatism. India’s strict rules on accessing genetic material might be hindering research. So there is a…
Rajasthan’s urban Indira Gandhi Shahri Rozgar Guarantee Yojana, launched in 2022, has worked well so far and should be continued. There is of course room for improvement. Implementation needs to be…
The unit-level data from the 2022-23 consumption survey raises more questions than it answers. The design has a bias that excludes poor households and the methodology makes it non-comparable with…
In an economy characterised by a massively skewed distribution of resources, resulting in undeserved deprivation for the very many and equally undeserved super-abundance for a very few, surely there…
