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Policy UpdateHimanshi SinghBackgroundThe escalating global debt crisis across the Global South has emerged as one of the most pressing challenges to post-pandemic economic recovery and sustainable development. Severe macroeconomic shocks—exacerbated by supply chain disruptions, rising international interest rates, and...
Policy UpdateGargi BishtBackgroundOccupational safety and health (OSH) is both a labour-rights concern and a public-policy challenge. Unsafe workplaces impose costs through preventable injuries, occupational diseases, lost productivity and pressure on public health systems. In India, these risks are especially...
Policy UpdateGowri KodaliIntroductionThe demand for critical minerals is on the rise, especially for clean energy and electric vehicles. These minerals are crucial for industry and the production of strategic goods. The cost and time required to explore and develop...
Policy UpdateGargi BishtBackgroundUttar Pradesh’s construction sector is supported by a large workforce engaged in building homes, highways and public infrastructure. For workers employed on a daily wage, or through contractors, however, employment does not necessarily provide access to pensions,...
Policy UpdateMahenoor ImamBackground“Manpower without Unity is not a strength unless it is harmonized and united properly, then it becomes a spiritual power” -Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, also known as National Unity Day, is observed annually on October 31...
Policy UpdateTanishaBackgroundFor most of independent India’s history, ammunition manufacturing for the Army sat almost entirely with the Ordnance Factory Board. Private companies could make individual components, shells, fuzes, propellant, but the explosive filling process itself, the step that turns...
Policy UpdateAshi VermaBackgroundThe safe harbour framework for intermediaries in India flows from Section 79 of the Information Technology Act, 2000, operationalized by the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. Under Rule 3(1)(d), intermediaries had...
Policy UpdateAshi VermaBackgroundThe Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 marked a paradigm shift in India’s data governance regime, yet its implementation encountered procedural ambiguities, particularly concerning vulnerable data principals. The DPDP (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2026, issued by...
Policy UpdateDebjani ChatterjeeBackgroundDenotified, Nomadic and Semi Nomadic (DNT) communities in India have faced long standing social discrimination, poverty and exclusion from development opportunities. During British rule, the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871 labelled several communities as criminal. Although the...
Policy UpdateRavirala LahariBackgroundArticle 39A of the Constitution directs the State to provide free legal aid, and the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 makes persons in custody eligible for it (Section 12). Articles 14 and 22(1) also make it obligatory...
