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Covid-19 crisis: How can India ensure that agricultural markets work in a socially distanced manner?

Gurpreet Singh

• 13 April 2020
• Scroll.in
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On March 24, as soon Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day lockdown to curtail the spread of Covid-19, many city residents queued up at grocery stores to stock up on food and other...

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COVID-19 Lockdown: Prospects for Labour Mobility and Employment

Gurpreet Singh

• 10 April 2020
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Two weeks have passed since the lockdown in India started as a measure to arrest the spread of COVID-19. As a result of the decision, those engaged in jobs that can easily be carried out under...

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What Does the COVID-19 Lockdown Mean for Food Security?

Gurpreet Singh

• 6 April 2020
• The Wire
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Amidst the COVID-19 crisis, India has announced a nationwide 21-day lockdown, shutting down all businesses except essential services. The government has assured that the supply of food items and...

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How Reliable are The Tax Revenue Projections in Union Budget 2020-21?

Suraj Jaiswal

• 19 February 2020
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Taxes are the biggest source of revenue for the Indian government. In 2017-18, the latest year for which the centre and states combined data is available, out of the combined centre-state estimated...

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While Malnutrition Rages, Nutrition-Related Schemes Get 19% Less Funding

Happy Pant

• 13 February 2020
• IndiaSpend
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Budget 2020 does not address the financial and resource shortages affecting nutrition interventions in India, an analysis of budget data shows. Public provisioning for nutrition is important given...

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Improving Road Safety in India - The Need of the Hour

Vijayta Mahendru

• 11 February 2020
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Few years ago, a friend of mine, Brazilian, remarked - "Indian roads are the closest to anarchy that I have ever felt". Incidentally, last month, the famous comic from US, Gabriel Iglesias aka Fluffy...

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Can India meet its new ambitions for sanitation and water?

Trisha Agarwala

• 11 February 2020
• IRC Wash
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India, once "vilified as the nation with the biggest population of open defecators in the world" declared it became open defecation free (ODF) in October 2019. This was the result of the Swachh...

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Shrinking Education Budget Has Hit Scholarships For Students From Deprived Communities

Protiva Kundu

• 30 January 2020
• IndiaSpend
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Substantial reduction in the education budget over the last five years has reduced allocations for scholarships given to students from marginalised communities, affecting their ability to stay in the...

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Is Rent Control the Means to Affordable Housing?

Drishti Rastogi

• 3 January 2020
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Delhi is one of the biggest and fastest growing metropolises, not just in India but in the world. As Delhi approaches its mammoth task of building the Master Plan 2041, we recognize that one of the...

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Making DISHA meetings effective at the level of Districts-Possible options

Nilachala Acharya

• 31 December 2019
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Public goods and services are characterised by non-rivalry in consumption and non-excludability in provision. Hence, it is very difficult to ascertain the effectiveness of public provisioning using...

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