Future of Ladakh: Missing a link with the Local People?
A recent visit by the writer to the region and interaction with the local population substantiates the point that there is hardly any interface between the bureaucrats and the people.
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1.38 BILLION UNITS: Energy Consumption for a COMFORTABLE life
Clearly, if a per capita energy need of a human is to be arrived at, then it cannot be a single figure but a range with an upper and a lower limit and shall also be dependent on whether you are a city, village, or forest dweller in say Siberia or in central India.
Occupational Safety & Health: Next Best Moves for India
K R Shyam Sundar THE International Labour Organisation (‘ILO’) adopted in 1998, the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (‘FPRW’) riding on the strength of two premises, among others: that the extension of the fundamental rights would enable the persons in the economic…
The State of Discrimination: Sub-National Comparison of Legal Barriers to Women’s Right to Choose Work in India
Under the series, The State of Gender Equality– #Gender Gaps, Gender Impact Studies Center (GISC), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi organized #WebPolicyTalk on the topic The State of Discrimination: Sub-National Comparison of Legal Barriers to Women’s Right to Choose Work in India with Bhuvana Anand on July 1, 2022. Ms Bhuvana Anand is the Co-Founder and Director at Trayas. The session was chaired by Prof Vibhuti Patel, a Visiting Professor at IMPRI & Former Professor at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai.
Is the Ukraine War the Only Reason for Rising Inflation?
The war in Ukraine is a war between US-led allies and Russia, not a war over any principle of sovereignty or democracy T K Arun People are angry and distressed pretty much across the world. They are unhappy for their…
An End to the Blame Game and Sanctions on Food from Russia
Russia, the largest exporter of wheat in the world, must be allowed to export its grain to cool food prices and interest rates and boost global growth.