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Lost in Implementation
Kanika Kaul and Saumya Shrivastava
Violence against women, in the public sphere as well as within the home, has been a major challenge in the country for long, but until recently it had largely been a concern raised by women's rights...
How Our Political Parties Should Hit Reform Path
Neeti Biyani
The life of the democratic state is built upon the party system,” Harold J Laski said in his classic text, A Grammar of Politics. Political parties, despite being non-governmental entities, are the...
Growth Performance of Agriculture Sector
CBGA
Agriculture, as a sector, has been playing a decisive role in shaping the overall growth trajectories of the Indian economy since Independence. As is well-known, in the overall Gross Domestic Product...
Dimensions of Wage Inequality in India
Sona Mitra
This article gives an overview of various dimensions of wage inequality prevalent in India. Consumption data corroborates horizontal and vertical inequality across regions and sectors. High growth...
Capacity: the Missing Piece of the Governance Puzzle for the Next Agenda
Subrat Das
'Good Governance and Effective Institutions’ as one of the post-2015 goals for development' The Report of the UN High Level Panel acknowledges the criticality of improving governance. Whether...
Institutional Mechanisms of Transparency in Budgets
Nilachala Acharya
The need for enhancing transparency in government budgets has been discussed widely in recent years. Issues relating to lack of transparency have been raised in several domains of public expenditure...
Post-2015 Development Agenda
Protiva Kundu
The article provides an overview of the issues and challenges of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and examines India's role and achievements. With less than a year to go before the deadline of...
BRICS: Prospects and Challenges
Protiva Kundu
The emergence of BRICS represents an important change in the global economy. It is anticipated that BRICS will play a progressive role on economic and social issues at the regional and global levels....
G20: How Relevant is it for Development?
Protiva Kundu
The G-20 rose to prominence during the global financial crisis of 2008-2009, when it played an arguably influential role in coordinating international responses to the crisis. Overtime, G20 has also...
Fund Utilisation in Development Schemes
Happy Pant
The article illustrates that India's total budgetary spending on social sectors is not adequate. Citing examples of some flagship schemes, it highlights the problem of poor utilization of funds in...
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