Population Data and Pandemic Preparedness
Devender Singh COVID 19 refuses to go away. One thing that it has taught us is that timely advance preparedness is the key to fight it and to lessen its impact, and that the data is the cornerstone of the…
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A Curious Case of the Millions of “Disappeared” Poor in India
K.D. Maiti and Santosh Mehrotra The global sustainable development agenda demands that countries measure the population living in poverty and reduce it by at least half by 2030. So, in order to monitor progress on this critical development indicator, UNDP…
India’s Agricultural Trade: An International Perspective
Mukul Asher Accelerating exports of agriculture products, and reducing their import dependence are among the key priorities for India. The agricultural sector’s export potential, which is considerable, has in the past not received sufficient policy focus and has not been…
Revisiting Cohesive Development: Global Migration Crisis
Amiya Kumar Bagchi Cohesive development requires that human beings would cohere with one another, that they should live in harmony and thrive in health, education, cognitive development and have opportunities for doing the kind of work they like – being a…
Urban Dilemma in Assembly poll-bound 5 states
Tikender Singh Panwar Political polarization has begun in the five poll-bound states – Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa, and Manipur. Issues of caste and religious identity are again the focus, while those of livelihoods, pandemic management, price rise, and such…
Women’s Subversion In India@75
Sameer Unhale The status of women, often at political, economic (mostly as property rights , ancestral or otherwise, equal pay for work), social dimensions is normally discussed. Though not discussed academically, the sexual dimensions, or the social attitudes toward sexuality…
CROP INSURANCE SCHEMES-POLICY UPDATES 2021
Divya Singh Over two-thirds of the working population in India is engaged in agriculture and it contributes 18% to India’s GDP which clearly signifies it is the backbone of the Indian economy. Every sector or industry is either directly or…