Protiva Kundu
As one of the 193 United Nations Member States to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals, India is committed to the UN pledge to “leave no one behind.” A crucial aspect of achieving these...
Shruti Ambast
India’s response to the pandemic has depended heavily on the exploited labour of women workers, most of them from marginalised backgrounds. These are ASHAs or Accredited Social Health Activists,...
Madhav Tipu Ramachandran
On June 5, the Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies secured a landmark deal on taxing multinational companies. They agreed to a global minimum corporate tax rate of at least 15 percent – coupled...
Anjana Rajagopalan
During the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in 2020, National Commission for Women (NCW) received 23722 complaints of crimes against women, the highest in the past 6 years. Even before the pandemic,...
Madhav Tipu Ramachandran
There seems to be a growing momentum around the world for a transformation of the global tax system, following US treasury secretary Janet Yellen’s comments last week, and various other...
Amit Kumar and Nilachala Acharya
Performance of agriculture sector in times of pandemic The impact of COVID-19 pandemic has been felt across all the sectors of the economy and agriculture is no exception. However, resilience of...
Protiva Kundu
In this episode, we speak to Protiva Kundu about the state of Indian public education and the National Education Policy, 2020. Government school teachers are often...
Protiva Kundu
As everyone celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Bangladesh Liberation War, there is a lesser known Indian achievement from 1971 that is saving lives even today — and not just in India. A humble...
Shruti Ambast
Since its inception in 2013, the Nirbhaya Fund, set up to finance projects to improve the safety and security of women, has seen significant underutilisation and slow operationalisation of approved...
Suraj Jaiswal
Union budget for FY 2021-22 was presented on 1st February. This budget gave the budget estimates for the coming financial year – 2021-22, revised estimates for the ongoing financial year –...
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