Kudumbashree, meaning “prosperity of the family” in Malayalam, is a participatory poverty eradication and women empowerment mission initiated by the Government of Kerala in 1998.
India has recognized education as a cornerstone for socio-economic development, leading to the enactment of landmark legislation in 2010 that made free and compulsory education a fundamental right for children aged 6-14.
The Ministry of External Affairs of India oversees India's foreign policy.
Resettlement to housing board sites can have dire consequences for the urban poor, and the loss of welfare benefits is one of them.
In a recent case of a judge of the Karnataka High Court making certain unsavoury remarks, the Supreme Court called for judges to be “aware of their own predispositions”, but is that enough to deal with systemic bias, asks Professor Arun Kumar.
Not recruiting from civilian and scientific talent pools risks a ‘failure of imagination’, hindering India’s ability to pre-empt previously unanticipated dangers.
Sound institutions make countries rich, say the Nobel laureates, meaning institutions that make capitalism work