TK ArunFunding politics directly by the public, with every paisa automatically accounted for, would do a lot to clean up politics itself, and to make parties accountable to the people.IntroductionThe Congress party has launched a crowdfunding drive to seek...
BhanviIntroductionElectoral bonds are interest-free bearer bonds that are treated as money instruments that companies and individuals in India can purchase from authorized branches of the State Bank of India (SBI). Electoral bonds are issued in the denominations of Rs...
BhanviIntroductionManual scavenging, in India, is a caste-based-forced occupation, and due to this Scheduled Castes (SCs) have been associated with the menial task of cleaning human excreta more than an occupation it has become a social norm that continues persistently...
Harsh V Pant & Suchet Vir SinghIndia is still a net importer, but its momentum is in the right direction.IntroductionIndia’s defense export revenue touched a record high of Rupees 15,920 crore for FY23. This was more than 10 times...
Harsh V PantA process that started in August 2019 finally culminated this week when the Supreme Court placed its seal of approval on the Narendra Modi government’s decision to revoke Article 370 of the Constitution. On 5 August 2019,...
LPPYF Law and Public Policy Youth Fellowship- Cohort 2.0 Winter’23 – Theme: Promoting Human Rights and Ending Gender-Based Violence | An Online National Winter School Program | A One-Month Immersive Online Law and Public Policy Awareness Certificate Training Course and Internship Program...
Dr. Ajay GudavarthyElection analysis, psephology, is now entertainment feeding hyper-nationalism, and where critical debate and reflection are missing.Israeli writer Yuval Noah Harari had said that the algorithm is the most important word of the 21st century. But another word...
Aditi Narayan PaswanReservation is a tool that enables access to those for whom it has been long denied. Until caste discrimination persists, there is no question of withdrawing caste-based affirmative action.In the article, ‘Time to end reservations’ (IE, December 11),...
Dr. G Venkat RamanXi and Biden, neither of them wants an economic MAD (mutually assured destruction), and this is a tactical pause.The Recent Xi-Biden MeetingThe recent meeting between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping in San...
Public Policy Qualitative Participatory Action Research Fieldwork Fellowship- Cohort 2.0 | An Online National Winter School Program | A Four-Month Online Immersive Qualitative Participatory Action Research Fieldwork Certificate Fellowship | December 2023 – April 2024 | IMPRI #WebPolicyLearningFellows Profile Winter’23Participants List and DetailsPublic Policy Qualitative...
