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Institutional and Administrative Bottlenecks in Urban Local Bodies: Why ULBs Struggle to Leverage Municipal Bonds and Private Capital Institutional and Administrative Bottlenecks in Urban Local Bodies significantly limit their ability to leverage municipal bonds and private capital effectively. Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) are constitutionally recognised institutions of self-government entrusted with providing essential urban services such […]

Indian Scientific Service and Scientific Governance: Bridging the Administrator–Scientist Divide in 21st Century India Indian Scientific Service has emerged as a significant proposal in debates on scientific governance and administrative reform in India. Scientific governance refers to the systematic integration of scientific evidence, technical expertise, and risk assessment into public decision-making to ensure sustainable and

Labour Code Reforms and Demand-Led Growth: How Income Security Drives Economic Redistribution Labour Code Reforms and Demand-Led Growth are increasingly interconnected in India’s evolving economic framework. Income security refers to the assurance of stable and predictable earnings along with access to social protection mechanisms such as provident fund, pension, gratuity, insurance, and minimum wages. In

Conditional MSP Procurement and Price Stabilisation Measures in Ensuring Long-Term Food and Nutritional Security in India Conditional MSP procurement and price stabilisation measures play a crucial role in ensuring food and nutritional security in India. Their effectiveness must be assessed in terms of production incentives, farmer welfare, price stability, and nutritional outcomes. Introduction Food and

Updating Consumer Price Index (CPI) Base Year: Significance and Implications for Inflation Measurement in India Updating Consumer Price Index (CPI) base year is essential for ensuring accurate inflation measurement in India’s rapidly transforming economy. Inflation refers to the sustained increase in the general price level of goods and services over time, leading to erosion in

AI Surge and Global Labour Market: Socio-Economic Impact on Indian IT Sector AI Surge is transforming the global labour market at an unprecedented pace, reshaping employment patterns, productivity structures and income distribution worldwide. Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to computational systems capable of performing tasks that traditionally required human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, perception and

The Mineable Self: How Human Sociality Became a New Global Commodity in Digital Capitalism

Introduction The Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 introduces parental consent (“consent-gating”) as the primary safeguard for children’s access to digital platforms, premised on the belief that parents are best positioned to protect minors’ privacy and well-being. This approach emerges against a backdrop where adolescents’ digital immersion has become near-universal, with smartphones acting as

Loss and Damage, Technology Transfer and Just Transition in Climate Negotiations: Why They Remain Aspirational Loss and Damage, Technology Transfer and Just Transition in Climate Negotiations have increasingly emerged as central pillars of equitable global climate action. These concepts were introduced to address the uneven distribution of climate impacts, technological capacities, and historical responsibilities between

Land Acquisition before EIA and Article 21: Dilution of Environmental Rights in India Environmental justice in India refers to the equitable protection of ecological systems while ensuring that developmental benefits and burdens are fairly distributed. Over the decades, the judiciary expanded Article 21 to include the right to a clean and healthy environment, reading it