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Qualitative Action Research Fieldwork Program- Cohort 2.0

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The Generation Alpha Data Centre, at IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, conducted Public Policy Qualitative Participatory Action Research Fieldwork Fellowship- Cohort 2.0. An Online National Winter School Program. A Four-Month Online Immersive Qualitative Participatory Action Research Fieldwork Certificate Fellowship from December 2023 – April 2024

Exceeding Standards, Capturing Markets

Spice Exporters Face Scrutiny: Ethylene Oxide Concerns Spark Recall in Asian Markets

Last April was a month when Indian spices exporters gained the limelight in Indian media for some unpleasant reasons. Countries like Hong Kong and Singapore have raised concerns over the safety of popular Indian spice products, leading to a recall of certain items. For example, the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) in Hong Kong conducted routine food surveillance and found that four products from renowned Indian brands MDH and Everest contained ethylene oxide, a pesticide deemed unsuitable for human consumption and classified as a Group 1 carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

BJP’s touted economic prowess: All bark, no bite

Strengthening all economic parameters, holistic reforms, and focusing on demand and supply are sweeping platitudes, not policy.

Apart from distorting the Congress manifesto as a combination of impractical populism and pandering to Muslims, BJP campaigners have little to offer by way of constructive solutions to the economy’s problems of declining real wages in rural areas, massive unemployment among educated Indians and corporate India’s reluctance to invest, leaving the government to shoulder the burden of building infrastructure and other capital formation to generate growth.

Jaadui Pitara – A Fun Learning Experience for Children

Jaadui Pitara is a pedagogical tool to enhance the learning experience of children between the age group of 3-8 years. It uses a wide range of colorful picture/text/play based material that engages the learners in their cognitive (linguistic and arithmetic) and affective development. It is developed on the lines of NEP 2020 by the National Council of Educational Research and Training NCERT which assists Central and State governments on policies and programs to improve school education in India. 

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