• National Rural Livelihood Mission – Transforming Women’s Lives

  16, May 2020 | Editorial

  Context: India lags behind other countries at a similar level of development in indicators such as acceptance of wife beating, son preference, employment, and women’s…

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• New Education Policy

  13, May 2020 | Editorial

  Context: The draft National Education Policy (NEP) 2019—the First Update in almost three decades—is potentially a game changer as it aims to bring some long-awaited…

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• The Need for a Second Chamber

  12, May 2020 | Editorial

  Context: The Rajya Sabha came into being on April 3, 1952 and held its first session on May 13 the same year. After 68 years, it…

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• Coming soon-Indian Cyberspace

  11, May 2020 | Editorial

  Context: Cyber security incidents observed by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) went up almost four times from 2017 to 2018. India’s global rank…

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• Slower Growth and a Tighter Fiscal

  09, May 2020 | Editorial

  Context: The Impact of COVID-19 will be debilitating for the global as well as the Indian economies. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected India’s Growth at 1.9%,China’s…

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• Water Wisdom During a Pandemic

  08, May 2020 | Editorial

  Context: More than any previous year, there was recognition of the importance of water in hand washing and personal hygiene practices due to the coronavirus…

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• Rationing Reforms: Ration Card Portability Good, but DBT Better

  07, May 2020 | Editorial

  Context: With wage-flow stopped, and unable to get ration in the cities, most migrant workers have had to rely on food distribution by government and…

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• Skill Development – Issues and Challenges

  06, May 2020 | Editorial

  Context: The Industry is Entering the Fourth Phase of Industrial Revolution. The Introduction of AI, Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning, digitization and analytics are…

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• MPLADS, its Suspension, and Why it Must Go

  05, May 2020 | Editorial

  Context: The Government Recently Announced to suspend the  Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) for two years. The Government’s Reason is this: to…

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• Can Artificial Intelligence Help Rein in Pandemics?

  04, May 2020 | Editorial

  Context: The present state of health emergency across the globe has led to a new wave of Transformative Technologies emerging as a Possible solution to…

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• It’s about Food, Nutrition and Livelihood Security

  02, May 2020 | Editorial

  Context: The current national lockdown to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the problems of food, nutrition and livelihood security confronting a large number of rural people, in particular,…

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• An Open-Ended, Expanded Employment Guarantee at Minimum Wages should be its Centrepiece

  01, May 2020 | Editorial

  Context: There are no labour-day rallies, celebrations or meetings this year as everyone is under Lockdown, Fighting the Coronavirus through Physical Distancing. Brief Background: The world has…

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