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ABSTRACT The concept of ‘One Nation, One Election’ suggests the conduction of simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabha and the state assemblies once in five years. Currently, there are about 5-7 elections to the State Assemblies every year, a situation which ends up adversely impacting the processes of development and governance. Continual elections and the […]
CONTEXT Since the Brundtland Commission report (1987) defined its broad contours, sustainability and sustainable development have been integral to the global processes and understanding of production and growth. Rooted in the concept of shared responsibility, the Brundtland report defined Sustainable Development as: “Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of […]
ABSTRACT The first in the Issue Brief Series on India’s Urban Transition, ‘Defining the Urban’ highlights the definitional issues with available data on urbanisation, with a special focus on Census Towns and the impact these ambiguous definitions have on the growth potential of these semi-urban spaces. CONTEXT India’s rapidly expanding urban population (see Figure 1) […]
Authored by : SPRF Research Team EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Ayushman Bharat Yojana is the latest health insurance scheme funded by the Government of India. This scheme has been designed to be more comprehensive in terms of the beneficiaries covered and services delivered, especially compared with past schemes such as Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana. In fact, Ayushman […]
Authored by: Isha Tyagi EXECUTIVE SUMMARY For those who belong to urban spaces, and might have visited forest areas as tourists, the picture above would invoke the pristine beauty of nature, accompanied with a lamenting concern to preserve this beauty and biodiversity. This, in the words of John Berger, is understood as a “way of […]
Authored by: Apurav Maggu, Siddarth Seem, Anhad Hundal EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This paper is an overview of the background, objectives, history, implementation, and challenges of MGNREGS in India. It discusses wage payments, the participation of marginalized communities, yearly budgetary allocation to the scheme and criticisms levied against it since its inception. Further, there are contradictions in […]
Authored by: SPRF Research Team SUMMARY India has the third-largest education sector in the world, with a market share of $91.7 Billion. Over the past decade, the number of schools, colleges and universities has seen a substantial increase. The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, has further assisted in bringing primary education to […]
Authored by: SPRF Research Team EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Internal Security of a nation-state can be understood as a concept relating to the apparatuses involved in securing its territorial boundaries and protecting its sovereignty. Given the multitude of religious, ethnic, regional and linguistic identities in India, internal security is a sine qua non. The Ministry of […]