Bhanvi

Bhanvi

  • Joined: February 5, 2023
  • Articles: 72

Manual Scavenging: Black Spot on India’s Economic Development

Manual scavenging, in India, is a caste-based-forced occupation, and due to this Scheduled Castes (SCs) have been associated with the menial task of cleaning human excreta more than an occupation it has become a social norm that continues persistently despite all the available technology and alternatives. Despite a restriction on this practice manual scavenging is still prevalent according to the Socio-Economic and Caste Census 2011, there are about 1.8 lakh Indian households that rely on manual scavenging for their survival; and Maharashtra has the highest number of manual scavengers (i.e. 63,713), followed by Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Tripura, and Karnataka.

Island Partnerships: Navigating the Ties Between India and the Maldives

Maldives is an archipelagic nation, that has a strategic location in the middle of the Indian Ocean that also caters to the needs of India’s neighbor China to expand its developmental ties by including Maldives in the Border Road Initiative (BRI) and String of Pearls. Maldives has strategic importance to India as well and its location caters to the hub of commercial sea lanes that run via the Indian Ocean. Hence India and Maldive's relationship is significant for political, economic, and social cooperation at the global level as well.

COP28 UAE and its Implications on Climate Change

According to the United Nations, Climate Change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Due to the continuous rise in boiling temperatures, the globe is under the mesh of harmful consequences. As a result of tackling this climate crisis this year’s UN climate change conference, COP28 is being organized in Dubai which will play a pivotal opportunity and role to correct course and accelerate action to tackle the climate crisis.

Careers in Public Policy

Careers in Public Policy, an Online National Monsoon Workshop Program, a Three-Day
Immersive Online Introductory Career Counselling & Awareness Certificate Training
Workshop was conducted on on 22nd, 23rd and 24th August, 2023 by IMPRI, Impact and
Policy Research Institute, New Delhi in collaboration with PPI, Public Policy India.

Women’s Empowerment: From the Lens of  Mahatma Gandhi

Patriarchal societies have often instigated women to remain confined to their families. Under the legal and customary subjection of their husbands or other male family members, it was also prevalent in the pre-independent period. On the contrary, women enjoyed more rights and freedom in the Vedic period compared to medieval and British times. During pre-Gandhian times gender inequality and gender violence were all pervasive. Women were regarded as the root cause of all evil and responsible for the downfall of men.

Fundamentals of PUBLIC POLICY

Fundamentals of PUBLIC POLICY

A Four-Week Immersive Online Introductory Certificate Training Course on Fundamentals of PUBLIC POLICY was organised by #IMPRI as a special initiative in the month of March from March (3, 4, 10,11, 17, 18, 24, 25), 2023.

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