Insights, a blog published by IMPRI.
K R Shyam Sundar It is a fact that while industrial accidents occur often, only major accidents — say in construction or in a hazardous industry — are reported. Recently, the CRUSHED Report 2021 released by Safe in India (SII), reported in…
Rashmi Venkatesan The labor market is characterized by low wages, wage disparities, and informalisation. Without correcting these structural bottlenecks, India cannot address the problem of growing inequality, writes the author. Large-scale protests were seen last week in UP and Bihar…
Key points of analysis by constituents of Vikalp Sangam* This analysis looks at the environmental implications of India’s Union Budget 2022-23 in three dimensions:• Direct allocations for Environment• Indirect allocations for Environment in non-environment sectors• Allocations for other sectors with…
Ashish Kothari “The risks of climate change are the strongest negative externalities that affect India,” said the country’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while introducing its 2022-23 national budget. Her speech and the budgetary documents also refer to ‘sustainable development’ several times. These…
TK Arun Muslim women need equality, no doubt. But for the needed process of social change to take place, Muslims need the security to live and lead their lives as equal citizens first, especially when their rights are under attack…
Swati Solanki Center for Work and Welfare (CWW), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, and Counterview organized a Panel Discussion on Employment, Livelihoods, and Union Budget 2022-23. The Panelists included Dr Amrita Pillai, Consultant, National Council of Applied…
Gurinder Kaur On February 9, 2022, the Government of Himachal Pradesh passed, among the key proposals, the Shimla Development Plan for the construction of a Counter Magnet and four Satellite Towns to decongest and transfer urbanization load for the crore…