Ashas, the lowest rung of contracted full-time community health workers, face irregular
pay and lack social security. Will the draft Central Code on Labour enable their
regularization and a fixed wa... Category: Unorganized labour
by Kavita Bhatia | On 14 Jun 2017 |
Talk by Anirudh Krishna, based on his book 'The Broken Ladder', which delves into the lives of ordinary individuals to take a ground-up view towards answering questions about the potential of civic pa... Category: Poverty Studies
by Anirudh Krishna | On 02 May 2017 |
For over 40 years Anand Patwardhan’s documentary films have stood for freedom of expression. He faced censorship on numerous occasions, took the government to court, and won each time. Anand is not ju... Category: Culture and Literature
by Vidya Bhushan Rawat | On 10 Apr 2017 |
The change in guard of Uttar Pradesh has set the stage for a new chapter in UP politics. But will the fulfilling of election promises result in serious negative economic repercussions? The case of t... Category: India, Regions
by Aritra Chakrabarty | On 04 Apr 2017 |
Conceptualising the Northeast as a singular territory is problematic. But this construction determines the way the region is governed by the Indian state that propagates the idea of a shared identity... Category: India, North-east
by N. Atungbo | On 21 Feb 2017 |
While there has been a a big jump in allocations to health overall, there is no indication that it will be sustained and will mark a trend. Category: Government Budgets
by Ravi Duggal | On 01 Feb 2017 |
Demonetisation is a weapon to stop the black money in the country. But cash is only a small portion of black money. Also the economy has been affected by this step. How will the government tackle this... Category: India: Union and All Budgets
by Rakesh Mumbai | On 27 Jan 2017 |
In India the Community Health Worker has long been a part of health care services for rural populations across the voluntary sector. As far as India?s public health sector is concerned, Community Heal... Category: Unorganized labour
by Kavita Bhatia | On 01 Mar 2013 |
The 2017 Budget would be special in two ways – first, it would be presented by Finance Minister on 1st February, 2017. Usually, it was presented in the last week of February each year. It will give... Category: India: Union and All Budgets
by Amarnath Tripathi | On 25 Jan 2017 |
The aim of this article is to present that the Positive effect of demonetisation on upcoming budget for national growth. And demonetisation is one of the tools to be used for minimize the counterfeit... Category: India: Union and All Budgets
by P Shekar | On 25 Jan 2017 |