Author: cbga

How Taxes are Raised has an Impact on Gender (In)Equality

Neeti Biyani

• 12 July 2018
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Take any global measure, and in all likelihood it will point towards the same fact: women are disadvantaged relative to men. Women do much greater amounts of unpaid care – caring for children and...

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The Fiscal Deficit: What is so bad about it?

Malini Chakravarty

• 9 July 2018
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We have all heard, time and again, that a high fiscal deficit is inherently bad for the health of an economy. This is repeated so often that most of us take it to be a given truth. We are even told...

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Darwaza Band is Not Enough

Kanika Kaul

• 5 July 2018
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“We don’t have a toilet at home and the public toilet near our house is locked after 10:00 pm; it is particularly difficult for my twelve year old daughter to manage, who uses a crutch.” says...

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How have social security pensions progressed over the past five years?

Inayat Sabhikhi

• 2 July 2018
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In January of 2013, I spent a month in the Sahayta Kendra at Khunti block, in Khunti district of Jharkhand. At that time, it was one of a couple of Sahayta Kendras in Jharkhand. Started by local...

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Need to Strengthen Municipal Corporations for Prevention of Air Pollution

Jyotsna Goel

• 28 June 2018
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Air pollution is responsible for many health problems in urban areas. A report published in the medical journal, ‘Lancet’ says that the pollutant PM2.5 (particulate matter with diameter less...

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NHPM - will it bring affordable healthcare within reach?

Happy Pant

• 25 June 2018
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As the Union government gears up to launch the National Health Protection Mission (NHPM), questions around how desirable a prescription it is for India continue to be asked. Debating them...

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Who has been investing in India through Mauritius?

Suraj Jaiswal

• 22 June 2018
• Governance Now
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The official statistics provided by the department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP) under the ministry of commerce and industry shows that between January 2000 and December 2017, India...

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Budgetary Strategies for SCs and STs: Over, But Not Out

Chandrika Singh

• 21 June 2018
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Scheduled Caste Sub Plan (SCSP) and Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) were introduced in the 1970s for the specific purpose of the socio-economic development of the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and the Scheduled...

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Access to Justice - A Long Way to Go

Asadullah

• 14 June 2018
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John Rawls, an American moral and political philosopher in the liberal tradition, defines Justice as basic fairness in multidimensional interactions between humans and their institutions. The purpose...

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India Must Focus on Quality Education as a Solution to Sexual Violence

Asadullah

• 26 May 2018
• The Wire
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The recent wave of sexual violence reported from across the country – against women in general and little girls in particular – is not only disturbing but also thought-provoking. The response...

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