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Much of the discussion about the NEET fiasco has correctly highlighted the governance failures associated with the testing and the urgent need to...
The case of drinking water contamination in Indore in early 2026 reveals the widening gap between performative urban governance and the realities of...
Despite its historical centrality to the conflict and its significant population share, the hill-border belt remains unevenly served in the higher...
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has introduced a landmark update to India’s environmental, social, and governance reporting reform,...
India’s credit system remains reliant on bureau-based credit histories despite rapid digitisation. This article examines the role of alternative...
While Karnataka’s Platform-based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Act, 2025 aims to formalise precarious labour and guarantee insurance,...
Shereen F Ratnagar was an extraordinary personality in every sense of the term. Born in Mumbai (amchi Mumbai [“our Mumbai” in Marathi], as she...
Punitive tariffs, secondary sanctions, and control over payment networks form a continuum of coercive statecraft. India’s options to reduce exposure...
Using HCES 2022–24, the rapid expansion of India’s digital consumption across rural and urban households via online purchases and payments is...
Mangroves are critical carbon sinks, yet changes in their extent and density complicate assessments of carbon sequestration potential. Using recent...
India’s services exports have shown phenomenal growth, surpassing India’s merchandise exports in recent past. New global developments, including...
India’s commitment to net zero emissions by 2070 places new demands on its financial system, particularly banks, to reallocate capital and manage...
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has introduced a landmark update to India’s environmental, social, and governance reporting reform,...
India’s credit system remains reliant on bureau-based credit histories despite rapid digitisation. This article examines the role of alternative...
Haryana became the first state to implement the subcategorisation of Scheduled Castes based on the recommendations of the Haryana State Commission for...
The expanding role of loan guarantees in financing India’s outward foreign direct investment is examined, arguing that they form an under-recognised...
India’s efforts to maintain its primacy and remain a sole Vijigishu (a central power) in the South Asian Mandala, through its “Neighbourhood First...
Horizontal inclusiveness across various socio-economic groups in receiving the benefits of government welfare policies is examined using the Household...
The recent draft Population Management Policy by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, which proposes monetary benefits for couples having a second or...
The recently updated base year of the consumer price index was eagerly awaited by researchers and policymakers. It includes weight updates and...
Kerala’s health system now confronts a paradox. Low mortality and increased longevity coexist with rising morbidity across age groups and genders,...
Haryana became the first state to implement the subcategorisation of Scheduled Castes based on the recommendations of the Haryana State Commission for...
The expanding role of loan guarantees in financing India’s outward foreign direct investment is examined, arguing that they form an under-recognised...
India’s efforts to maintain its primacy and remain a sole Vijigishu (a central power) in the South Asian Mandala, through its “Neighbourhood First...
Cuba’s sovereignty is non-negotiable, and the choice of society expressed by its people must be respected. It is not socialism that is responsible...
Examining household consumption data to track intertemporal changes in consumption patterns since 2011–12, inequality across economic groups is...
Horizontal inclusiveness across various socio-economic groups in receiving the benefits of government welfare policies is examined using the Household...
Using industry-level data from 2001 to 2020, the impact of artificial intelligence on industry productivity is analysed. The analysis reveals that the...
Horizontal inclusiveness across various socio-economic groups in receiving the benefits of government welfare policies is examined using the Household...
Examining household consumption data to track intertemporal changes in consumption patterns since 2011–12, inequality across economic groups is...
The recently updated base year of the consumer price index was eagerly awaited by researchers and policymakers. It includes weight updates and...
Using industry-level data from 2001 to 2020, the impact of artificial intelligence on industry productivity is analysed. The analysis reveals that the...
The two consecutive nationwide strikes by gig workers in December 2025 sent strong signals to the platform capitalists to rethink the extant...
The recent draft Population Management Policy by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, which proposes monetary benefits for couples having a second or...
Cuba’s sovereignty is non-negotiable, and the choice of society expressed by its people must be respected. It is not socialism that is responsible...
The Thiruparankundram controversy in Tamil Nadu is a site of communal mobilisation and political strategy rather than a mere religious or legal...
The significance of naming conventions in judicial verdicts is explored in the context of per curiam anonymity. By mandating judges to take ownership...
The significance of naming conventions in judicial verdicts is explored in the context of per curiam anonymity. By mandating judges to take ownership...
Bengali Muslims’ labour value, recognised by large sections of the Assamese elite as the key to Assam’s economic development, has not...
The transformative role of the artificial intelligence of things in the Indian agricultural sector is explored, highlighting its significant...
Nepal’s new government, headed by Prime Minister Balendra Shah of the Rastriya Swatantra Party, has promised to transform its polity and economy in...
T K Oommen envisioned a just society and lived for it. His sociology, occasionally informed by “a perspective from below,” was inclined...
India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was the outcome of a sustained deliberative process that gave it some mettle. Within a few years,...
The tabling of the Group of Ministers report in the Assam Legislative Assembly for granting Scheduled Tribe status to six communities has ignited...
The state’s neo-liberal cash transfer mechanism engenders natural consciousness among Adivasi peoples, which narrows a comprehensive rights...
While much is expected of industry-led growth, many factors hinder the industrialisation of the workforce. The import of technology reduces the...
The Thiruparankundram controversy in Tamil Nadu is a site of communal mobilisation and political strategy rather than a mere religious or legal...
Indian business schools and institutions of management, social sciences, and humanities are structurally dependent on foreign journals for validating...
Originating as Shoshita (the oppressed) in 1975 in the aftermath of the Boosa incident, the periodical Panchama was produced by a collective of Dalit...
The state’s neo-liberal cash transfer mechanism engenders natural consciousness among Adivasi peoples, which narrows a comprehensive rights...