Breaking Caste Barriers: Creating an Inclusive Labor Market
The article addresses caste-based discrimination in India's labor market, highlighting the need for reforms.
IMPRI Desk
Transforming Forest Policy: Democratization and Fire Prevention in Himachal Pradesh
Tikender Singh Panwar What does the State need to do in order to democratise forest management and curtail raging forest fires? The story so far: Himachal Pradesh (H.P.) is witnessing widespread forest fires across the region. According to the Himachal…
The Crisis of Safety: Vacancies and Negligence in Indian Railway
Railways has an estimated 2.74 lakh vacancies, of which 1.7 lakh are related to ensuring safety. Running an organisation with such a huge number of vacancies, especially in roles that underpin safety, is gross managerial failure.
Arundhati Roy’s Prosecution: Signaling Strength in Modi’s Third Term
Using a draconian law like UAPA to prosecute a speech made by Arundhati Roy 14 years ago is to profess a fragility that does injustice to the solidity of the nation, however incomplete the task of building Indian democracy might still be.
Women’s Sexual & Reproductive Health: Across a Lifetime
The IMPRI Gender Impact Studies Center (GISC) orchestrated a Four-Day Immersive Online Certificate Training Course entitled "Women’s Sexual & Reproductive Health: Across a Lifetime." This course aimed to explore the evolving discourse on gender, sexuality, and reproductive wellness, emphasizing the significance of reproductive autonomy and personal choice. Prof. Vibhuti Patel, a Visiting Distinguished Professor at IMPRI, chaired the program.
Relying on Nitish and Naidu for Indian Democracy’s Rescue: A Misguided Hope
Neither has said anything about the lynching of cattle transporters, or the arrest of chief ministers, or the misuse of central agencies
Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu are seasoned politicians with well-honed survival instincts. Trust them to look after their own fortunes, political or otherwise, not to do the heavy lifting to uphold democratic norms. Those who value liberal democracy have to work to achieve it on their own, work among the people, instead of hoping that Naidu and Nitish would do the job for them as key members of the supporting cast in Narendra Modi 3.0.
Neither Naidu nor Nitish Kumar has said anything about the lynching of two cattle transporters who were moving buffaloes in a truck in Chhattisgarh. Nor have they said anything in public against the arrest of chief ministers or the misuse of central agencies. They are not going out of their way to meet the liberal aspirations that stand thwarted by Modi getting the chance to run the country for another term.