Simi Mehta, Amita Bhaduri The theme for World Water Day 2021 is valuing water and the talk focuses on the ways to value water by revising our water demands. It is time to think about the water consumption routine. We…
Only Impactful Solution to the Second Wave Arun Kumar The Prime Minister, in his short recent address to the nation, used the imagery of a ‘toofan’ and admitted that India has been hit by a frightening surge of COVID-19 cases.…
S Irudaya Rajan, Nelgyn Tennyson The Indian government imposed a nationwide 21-day lockdown on March 23, 2020, As a preventive measure against the COVID-19 pandemic. The nationwide lockdown continued until May 3, after which it was extended with conditional relaxations…
Strengthening the Draft National Policy on Migrant Workers Priya Deshingkar The Niti Aayog’s draft Migrant Labour Policy is a clear statement of intent to better recognize migrants’ contribution to the economy and support them in their endeavor. It puts forward…
Tikender Singh Panwar Shri Kirtee Shah, Founder President at Habitat Forum INHAF recently spoke at a webinar organized by IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute on new India’s transformation and what needs to be changed. During the webinar, he referred to…
T K Arun The government has announced some changes to its vaccine policy, allowing more companies to produce more COVID vaccines, developed locally or abroad, and allowing them to sell half their output at a price that is higher than…