Simi Mehta, Sunidhi Agarwal, Ritika Gupta, Anshula MehtaAlmost three decades after one-third of the Panchayat seats were reserved for women, rural women’s participation in politics and governance still faces many challenges. To address the issues and reflect on the...
Simi Mehta, Sunidhi Agarwal, Ritika Gupta, Anshula MehtaGender Mainstreaming strategies have been adopted by the Indian states for about two decades. To critically analyze these efforts and discuss the way forward the Centre for Human Dignity and Development IMPRI Impact and...
Rohit MehtaThe future of E-commerce is admittedly bright, and no one can deny it. Almost every entrepreneur has started going the E-commerce way, realizing that it is one of the best methods to make quick money. It is like...
Tikender Singh PanwarThe flash floods in Dharamshala and other cities result from the concretization of rivulets, ponds and nullahs without concern for hydrology and ecology of a regionDharamshala, a mountain town in Himachal Pradesh, a designated smart city under...
Narasimha Reddy DonthiThe Economic Survey is a set of documents that gives information on the status of the Indian economy. Known as the Economic Survey Volume (ESV), it is released every year in the month of February a...
Devender SinghWorld Population Day is celebrated annually on 11 July to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues, including their relations to the environment and development. The Day was first marked on 11 July 1990 in...
TK ArunWhat signal is sent out by the expansion of the Council of Ministers and the sacking of 12 ministers? That the government has dumped “Minimum Government, Maximum Governance”? Or that it has no place for the feckless...
Amita SinghAs lawyer Mihir Desai was arguing on the bail application of Stan Swamy lying on ventilator support in the Holy Family Hospital, news came in that he was no more. This frail, old priest succumbed to...
Arun KumarIndia’s vaccine policy has seen many twists and turns. Production of vaccines in India may be hobbled by the availability of inputs and vaccine shortage is likely to continue. At the current rate of vaccination, assuming no vaccine hesitancy, the...
If the ecommerce site were to follow this rule, it would kill off any number of small enterprises whose business is to do price comparisons, product reviews and rankings. What is the meaning of the ban on related-party sales on ecommerce platforms? That Reliance Trends cannot sell its wares on JioMart or that Tata Cliq cannot sell Voltas or Starbucks products? Or that Amazon should entrust sales of its Echo line of products or Kindles to Flipkart ?
