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#AatmaNirbhar New India Unfettered Neoliberalism leading to Mass Sufferings amidst Second...
Neoliberalism has lead to mass sufferings in the country. DEAD bodies of human beings floating in the River Ganges, is the latest in the gory stories we have been witnessing for the last few weeks. Frantic calls from friends’ right from the ones who are at high echelons to common people continued incessantly. These calls were made either for oxygen, beds in hospitals, or/and even for getting a place for cremation and burial. Not just that. Keeping the dead body overnight waiting for cremation cost more than Rs 55,000 is not an isolated case, rather innumerable such instances occurred.
A Critical Analysis of The Trade Union Recognition (Central) Rules, 2021
K R Shyam SundarThis article analysing the recently published Industrial Relations (Central) Recognition of Negotiating Union or Negotiating Council and Adjudication of Disputes of...
Negligent Government: Catastrophic Second Wave CT Scanned Indian System
Tikender Singh PanwarOn May 8, I got a call from one of my state cadre (Himachal Pradesh) IAS officers posted in Delhi. The call...
The Challenges of Governing Delhi: GNCTD Amendment Bill
Amita SinghThe recent GNCTD Amendment Act seems to be a case of using legislation to settle ideological disputes. However, in doing so, it not...
Delhi University’s Pandemic Duty
Chandrachur SinghBeing a premier university, DU has a pandemic responsibility it is not fulfilling. It must rise to the occasion to do its duty...
Vaccine Nationalism!!!
Failure to invest in increasing vaccine production capacity has resulted in a desperate shortage of vaccines. If a third wave of the pandemic is to be averted, some 900 million people must be vaccinated twice over before winter sets in. That would call for 9 million doses a day, whereas we have 2.3 million dose availability at present.
Rural Realities: Practitioners Experiences in Tackling the Second Wave in Indian...
Arjun Kumar, Indira Khurana, Ritika Gupta, Anshula Mehta, Sunidhi Agarwal, Sakshi Sharda, Chhavi KapoorThe second wave of COVID-19 has now penetrated the rural pockets...
Land, Labour and Dalits in Post-Independent India
Simi Mehta, G Sridevi, Sakshi ShardaOn the occasion of the 130th birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar, Center for Human Dignity and Development (CHDD)...
Pandemic Underlines Constraints of Indian State
The Indian State was never efficient. Now, in the face of a raging pandemic, it has been exposed as dysfunctional. If the current circumstances do not force a thorough reimagining of the state — its job description, capacity, and design, then nothing will.
Women’s Representation in India
Simi Mehta, Anshula Mehta, Sunidhi AgarwalThe question of representation has been a crucial issue in today's era, specifically the representation of women, LGBTQ+, tribal,...
