Why Women’s Land Rights Are at the Centre of India’s Agricultural Reform
Land rights shape access to credit, subsidies, insurance, and power within the household, and it is the foundation of economic security for women farmers.
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Migrant Worker Crisis : The Backbone of the Indian Economy
Anish Pujapanda Introduction The term migrant in India as per the Census 2011 is defined as the household member whose last usual place of residence differed from the current place of enumeration .Migrant labours workers play one of the most…
Inclusive MSME Growth: The Role of the National SC-ST Hub (2016)
Launched by the Prime Minister in October 2016, the National SC-ST Hub (NSSH) was established to foster an ecosystem that supports SC/ST entrepreneurs in fulfilling the mandates of the Public Procurement Policy for Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) Order, 2012. This policy stipulates that Central Ministries, Departments, and Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) must procure a minimum of 25% of their total annual requirements from MSEs, with a specific sub-target of 4% earmarked for SC/ST-owned enterprises.
The Paradox of AI: Enhancing, Not Replacing, Natural Intelligence
T K Arun AI will enable new human activity not imagined hitherto, to realise that potential, education must train young minds to develop critical thinking and imagination Israel has bombed the 365 sq km of Gaza into death, devastation and…
Rethinking Government Support for Data Centre
T.K. Arun Data-centre tax holidays represent oodles of government cash to favoured Indian businesses for little public benefit The 21-year tax holiday doled out by the Union Budget to foreign firms that do data centre business in India should be rolled back,…
Platform Accountability, Not Prohibition: Rethinking Social Media Regulation
Protecting young users and democratic discourse requires platform accountability, not age bans that are hard to enforce and easy to evade. T.K. Arun The plans to ban social media access for young people are misguided. There is no disputing the harm that…
India’s Health Budget and the Urgent Need for Stronger Lung Cancer Policies
Urvashi Prasad India’s Union Health Budget 2026-27 and the release of the country’s first evidence based lung cancer guidelines have sparked important conversations about whether our health system is keeping pace with global standards. These announcements are not just policy…