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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

Tax Buoyancy and Fiscal Discipline: Why Indirect Tax Buoyancy Remains Weak Under GST Tax buoyancy plays a critical role in maintaining fiscal discipline by ensuring that government revenues grow in tandem with economic expansion. In India, while direct taxes have shown strong responsiveness to GDP growth, the persistently low indirect tax buoyancy—despite the maturation of

India–U.S. Trade Deal: Tariff Reduction and Its Impact on Labour-Intensive Exports The India–U.S. trade deal marks a significant development in India’s external trade policy by proposing a sharp reduction in U.S. tariff barriers on Indian goods. At a time of global trade uncertainty and supply-chain realignments, this understanding has important implications for export competitiveness, employment

Hydrological Connectivity of Indian Wetlands: Impact of Urbanization and Role of GIS & Remote Sensing The hydrological connectivity of Indian wetlands is increasingly under stress due to rapid urbanization and persistent administrative lapses. Disruptions in natural water flows between wetlands, their catchments and downstream systems have intensified urban floods, groundwater decline and ecological degradation. In