Insights
Privatisation in Health Sector: Signs of Warning
October 30, 2018
“There are virtually no limits on what can be privatised”, so opined the World Bank in 1992[1]. However, at that time, the concept of privatisation was used largely in the context of industrial enterprises. The gravity of the statement can be better understood in the present times when virtually everything is getting privatised – even basic services such as education, health, nutrition!
Deconstructing Gender and Intersectional Identities
October 29, 2018
How would you situate a Trans-Dalit-Muslim woman, especially when her identity is intersected by factors such as poverty, disability or her status of being a migrant? Should her identity be defined by one of the widely accepted social constructs such as caste, gender, religion or class? By virtue of being a Dalit-Muslim, she does not come under the ambit of the ‘Scheduled Caste’ category; only Dalit-Hindus are recognised under this category.
Education as Corporate Social responsibility (CSR) - Hype or Hope?
October 12, 2018
Friedman in his book Capitalism and Freedom argued that “there is one and only one social responsibility of business – to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game”.
Do our budgets pass the gender test?
October 9, 2018
“Don’t tell me what you value, show me your budget and I’ll tell you what you value”, remarked Joe Biden, former American Vice President during the 2008 Presidential Campaign.
Robust Public Policy Design is Important for Financing Climate Change Mitigation Actions
October 9, 2018
India has committed to ambitious action on climate change mitigation, pledging that renewable energy will be 40 percent of country’s expected generation capacity in 2020, which includes a wind power target of 60 GW and Solar power target of 100 GW by 2022. Meeting this target requires an investment of approximately USD 189 billion by 2022[1]. Hence it is crucial that financing for Renewable energy is scaled up.
Inequality and the Trend in Central Tax Collection
October 5, 2018
For a long time it was assumed that economic inequality in India is low compared to countries with similar per capita income. This notion arose because inequality in India is measured mainly in terms of distribution of consumption expenditure, which is known to underestimate the extent of inequality. This arises from the fact that consumption distribution tend to exclude the consumption trends of the very rich and the very poor.
Kerala Floods: What it reveals about Building Societies
October 3, 2018
Although the waters have ebbed and a sense of normalcy has returned to Kerala, memories of the devastating floods in late-August persist in public imagination. The deluge, caused by a combination of incessant rains, low reservoir capacity, poor dam management and gradual environmental degradation, is reportedly the worst Kerala has seen since 1924.
A Journey that Enabled Our Transition
September 27, 2018
CBGA has been carrying out cutting-edge policy research and advocacy, from the perspective of poor and underprivileged since its inception one and a half decades ago. As we moved forward taking intensive steps in this direction by involving people in policy debates, one of our aims has been to become the ‘go to’ organization in the country on analysis of fiscal governance issues from a people’s perspective.
Cash Transfers: empowerment or dependence
September 24, 2018
At the heart of the People’s Action of Employment Guarantee, which advocated for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was the question of the agency of citizens. It proposed a radical change in the way the State would interact with its poorest citizens – by providing them employment and being held accountable for its lapses.
Poshan Maah: Well begun, what is done?
September 20, 2018
Union Government is celebrating Rashtriya Poshan Maah (National Nutrition Month) in the month of September. It is a part of POSHAN Abhiyaan (National Nutrition Mission), which was launched early this year with the aim of reducing undernutrition and anaemia among children, women and adolescent girls at an accelerated pace.
Inequality in Access to Justice is No Less than Injustice
September 17, 2018
The justice system in India is fast, responsive and humane. No matter how surprising it might sound, yet this observation is absolutely factual. The only problem is the system isn’t so for everyone and certainly not for those who are underprivileged socially, economically and politically.
Why does undernutrition persist in India’s tribal populations?
September 13, 2018
The Prime Minister launched the National Nutrition Mission in March this year, with an objective of accelerating improvements in nutrition levels in India, for which annual targets have been set for reduction in levels of stunting, undernutrition, anaemia and low birth weight, to be achieved by year 2022.
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