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Abstract The new Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021 seeks to reduce the number of schedules in the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 from six to four. The Schedules in the act provide varying degrees of protection to animals and plants. The new amendment bill also proposes to remove Schedule V, which gives the Centre […]
Abstract The Election Laws Amendment Bill, passed by the Union Cabinet in 2021, ruled in favour of linking Aadhar IDs to the electoral rolls. This step aimed to curb the menace of fraudulent voting, among other reforms. However, the Bill has been a point of contention. Various opposition leaders and activists voice their concerns over […]
Authored by: Tanvi Vipra Edited by: Riya Singh Rathore, Soumya Singhal and Avishi Gupta INTRODUCTION In June 2021, twelve hundred houses in Khori Gaon, Faridabad were demolished and over 5,000 people were forcefully evicted in two days (Housing and Land Rights Network [HLRN] 2021). Seven months before that, in November 2020, 672 families were forcefully […]
ABSTRACT The population of elderly persons in India has been steadily increasing since 1961. Further, based on the Census projections, the population of elderly women is currently more than that of elderly men. This outnumbering is projected to strengthen with time. While aging is associated with several challenges for both men and women, the problems […]
ABSTRACT Organ transplantation has saved and improved the lives of thousands of recipients across the world. According to the Global Observatory on Donation and Transplantation, India performed the third-highest number of transplants in the world in 2019. Despite such a high number of transplants, India faces a massive and chronic shortage of organs. This deficit […]
INTRODUCTION Phrases like ‘remote work’ or ‘work from home’ are primarily found in conjunction with the pandemic-induced ‘new normal’. It is generally assumed that the origin of the work-from-home employment relationship lies solely in the pandemic. However, when evaluated from a gendered perspective, work from home emerges as neither a novelty nor a temporary make-shift […]
INTRODUCTION Since the 1950s, technologies aiding reproduction have increased in number, enhancing the likelihood of conception and bringing pregnancies to term. Assisted Reproductive Technologies [ARTs] offer a variety of techniques ranging from intrauterine insemination [IUI] to in-vitro fertilisation and embryo transfer [IVF-ET] that treat the inability to conceive and facilitate fertilisation. In the last three […]
ABSTRACT Every year, the national focus on the country’s budget misses taking into account the release of the individual states budgets. In light of the recent state budget releases and the 15th Finance Commission’s recommendations, this issue-brief analyses which sectors face budget cuts and how they impact state growth. It also becomes important with the […]
ABSTRACT Child helpline services across the country have reported an alarming spike in the incidents of child marriage during the pandemic. According to a recent UNICEF report, the pandemic has put nearly 1 crore more girls at risk of becoming child brides over the course of the coming decade. As the pandemic threatens to reverse […]
ABSTRACT Shifting Cultivation is an age-old practice in North-East India. However, with the adoption of neoliberal growth models and the consequent push for high revenue generating modes of cultivation, such as settled agriculture, the practice of shifting cultivation has degraded. This paper re-interrogates India’s position on shifting cultivation and advocates for it’s continuance through implementation […]
ABSTRACT As India persists through the pandemic, workers further endure massive unemployment and underemployment. A majority of these workers are part of the vast informal economy with little to no social security. In this context, the paper’s objective is to explore the scope of an urban job guarantee programme. We begin our discussion by briefly […]
ABSTRACT The rising use of economic sanctions as a negotiation tool has shown a decline in military aggression and warfare between rival countries. However, the evidence regarding sanctions’ effectiveness in obtaining political concessions is inconclusive since sanctions apply to vastly different political and economic situations. Through a historical analysis of the use of sanctions, this […]
ABSTRACT Women’s financial inclusion improves their agency while also impacting their growth and productivity. With the advent of Digital India, the term ‘financial inclusion’ has been highly associated with digital financial services. The Covid-19 pandemic may have propelled the adoption and usage of technology and expedited India’s digital transformation. The goal of making financial services […]
The irrigation-energy nexus in India’s agricultural sector is characterised primarily by depleting groundwater and a growing debt burden of power distribution companies (or DISCOMs) due to massive power subsidies that remain underfunded by the state governments. To address the burden, the Government of India [GOI] has been promoting solar irrigation pumps [SIPs] by offering substantial […]