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How effective are the Policies for Rehabilitations of Bonded Labour in India?

Jawed Alam Khan

• 30 April 2019
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One of the major yet rarely discussed issues in the informal sector of the economy has been the problem of bonded labour. A large proportion of India’s labour force is employed in the informal...

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The Systems Approach towards better WASH service delivery

Trisha Agarwala

• 26 April 2019
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The quagmire in the WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene services) sector is a dearth of Systems[1] thinking. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), recently adopted by the United Nations, have...

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Identity and Class Politics: A Call for Solidarity

Sakshi Rai

• 24 April 2019
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On May 1st, 2018 a sportswear multinational company released an advertisement featuring black lives matter activist and sportsperson Colin Kaepernick which was later, met with some backlash. This...

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Why are we ignoring the rich when we talk about inequality?

Neeti Biyani

• 27 March 2019
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 “Every billionaire is a policy failure.” The world is faced with mind-numbing statistics on global economic inequality once again, with the release of Oxfam International’s annual report...

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Bettering Children’s Outcomes by Engaging in Budget Process

Happy Pant

• 22 March 2019
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Countries that have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) have taken on the obligation to support the realisation of the four categories of children’s rights- survival,...

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Why Are There Still Fewer Women in STEM?

Protiva Kundu

• 19 March 2019
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Probably we all know the name of Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in physics. However, do we know that till 2018, only 51 women have been awarded with this prestigious award against...

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NDA government’s performance in social sectors leaves a lot to be desired

Subrat Das

• 14 March 2019
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The performance of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has varied significantly across different social sectors. There are some areas, where one must acknowledge the progress made...

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Why it is important to engage with the issues of taxation

Malini Chakravarty

• 7 March 2019
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Taxes are an integral part of our day to day living. We all pay taxes when we buy different goods and services and some of us also pay taxes on the income we earn if it happens to fall in the taxable...

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Citizens’ Insensitivity towards Waste Segregation is eating up Municipal Finances

Jyotsna Goel

• 25 February 2019
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Solid Waste Management is a component of public health and sanitation and it falls within the purview of the State List according to the Constitution of India. Since this activity is nonexclusive,...

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Public Provisioning for Access to Justice - Applying the Budget Lens

Asadullah

• 22 February 2019
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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) accord high priority to access to justice. Goal 16 of the SDGs is to, ‘promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable, provide access to justice...

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