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Reopening schools & Building Back Better: The need for public provisioning in education
Protiva Kundu
When the pandemic started in 2020, as a precautionary measure, the Indian government ordered the closure of all educational institutions across the country. Eventually, schools were shifted to online...
Protecting children during pandemic requires much more than ‘PM CARES for Children’ package
Simonti Chakraborty
The experience of the last one-and-a-half years of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has thrown up several questions on the framework of child protection in India. One of...
The Booming Edtech Industry in India: Should We Be Worried?
Protiva Kundu
The educational landscape of India has been transformed by a series of developments in new-age pedagogies. Use of technology in education is one of the milestones in this direction. This has resulted...
The Pandemic has Snapped Communication Lines between Schools and Students in India
Protiva Kundu and Shruti Ambast
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...
What Should India's Response Be to the Global Minimum Corporate Tax Debate?
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...
Research Radio Ep 20: Are Teachers Responsible for India’s Bad Public Education System?
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...
When celebrating 50 yrs of 1971 War, don’t forget this life-saving sachet and Bengali doctor
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...
Nirbhaya Fund could help improve women’s safety – but money allotted for schemes is underutilised
Shruti Ambast and Drishti Rastogi
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...
Does Mission POSHAN 2.0 Have the Ammunition it Will Need to Be Successful?
Happy Pant and Shruti Ambast
Government budgets should be based on a sound diagnosis of the problem and a clear-sighted blueprint for addressing the challenges elicited. Last month, data from Phase I of the NFHS-5 survey...
How Union Budget 2021-22 can support the women workforce
Drishti Rastogi
There are 149.8 million women workers, out of which 121.8 million are in rural areas and 28 million in urban areas, according to Census 2011. Yet, women constitute only 18.6 per cent of the...
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