The number of protests related to police misconduct and the need for reform in India has doubled in recent years, indicating a growing concern among citizens (Verma 2001). On the other side, ...
This contribution of the service sector to the Indian gross domestic product (GDP) increased to 55.3% in fy 2024–25 from 50.6% in fy 2013–14 (PIB 2025). The largest contributor to this growth story is ...
It attempts to articulate an imagination of how the change during the last few decades is experienced by the shepherds in an agrarian rural setting. It draws its observations from fieldwork with a ...
Since economic development is associated with rising educational attainment among women, falling fertility rates, and service-sector expansion, it is expected that economic development would increase ...
Unbeknownst to most, public canteens have quietly become a part of the web of social policy interventions in many Indian states. These canteens provide subsidised cooked meals at popular urban ...
Israel war on Iran and Iran’s response of blocking the Strait of Hormuz threaten the world with a shortage of fertiliser and natural gas in its liquefied form, liquefied natural gas (LNG). Gas is not ...
It has further reified a pernicious binary that judges the legality of acts based upon the location of their execution. Murder committed behind closed doors constitutes a crime most foul, but not ...
Extreme heat is beginning to take its annual toll on human lives. Heat action plans (HAPs) have to leave seminar rooms and government files and deploy on the ground, with immediate effect. It is ...
This predicament arises from two mutually reinforcing structural factors: first, India’s persistent friction with its neighbouring countries, and second, the accelerating penetration of Chinese ...
The state succeeded in reducing infant and maternal mortality to levels comparable with those of developed coun­tries while maintaining relatively modest per capita income and health expenditure.
Over the past two decades, outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) has grown rapidly, with Indian firms acquiring global brands such as Jaguar Land Rover and Betapharm and expanding across sectors, ...
Haryana became the first state to adopt subcategorisation measures for SCs in the wake of the Supreme Court’s judgment on 1 August 2024, in the case of State of Punjab v Davinder Singh (2024). The ...