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Formula for disempowerment of persons with disabilities
Protiva Kundu and Arman Ali
The department of empowerment of persons with disabilities deals with three legislations governing different aspects of disability, welfare and empowerment of the persons with disabilities. These are...
Rajasthan needs to invest more in secondary education of girls
Protiva Kundu
There is enough evidence on why girls’ education is important, and what works in educating girls. Much has been done on policies and programmes for increasing girls’ enrolment in school,...
Challenge of Protecting Human Rights in the Virtual World Beckons Civil Society
Asadullah
The COVID– 19 induced lockdown brought the real world to a standstill, bustling in the virtual world, however, increased like never before. As markets downed shutters e-commerce flourished,...
To No One's Surprise, Online Schooling Has Started Taking a Psychological Toll on Students
Protiva Kundu
The COVID-19 outbreak and the subsequent lockdown resulted in the closure of schools nationwide. As a result, the Indian school system shifted away from traditional classrooms to a digital...
Don’t lose sight of long-standing fight against undernutrition
Simonti Chakraborty
As the wave of the Covid-19 pandemic grips the globe, the entire population of affected countries has been left vulnerable. Especially worrisome has been the long-term impact that such a crisis can...
COVID-19: Is our Public Health System Battle Ready?
Mampi Bose and Shantanu De Roy
COVID-19 has exposed and amplified the class and caste-based inequality and injustice that exists in our country. Efforts by the Union and State governments to curb the spread of COVID-19, by...
Four Ways that MGNREGA Can Be Expanded to Help India's Rural Economy
Mampi Bose
The current pandemic has led to loss of livelihood of substantial sections of the India population. With the economy, particularly production activities in the big urban centres, having come to a...
Is Social Distancing Feasible for a Majority of Schools in India?
Protiva Kundu
Schools and colleges have been closed for close to two months now in view of the outbreak of the coronavirus. Although there have been some directives from UGC concerning when colleges will be...
Is the Agricultural Package Addressing Challenges Small Farmers Face in a Pandemic?
Gurpreet Singh
As agricultural activities are in full swing due to ongoing rabi harvest and forthcoming kharif sowing, the continuing lockdown in India is pushing small farmers further to the margins. While...
Health versus Wealth? The ‘measure’ of our responses to COVID-19
Sakshi Rai
The pandemic has laid bare our preexisting fault lines. How governments respond fiscally to tackle the COVID pandemic will determine their ability to respond and the subsequent...
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