From Jellicut to jallikattu
With the Tamil Nadu Governor clearing an ordinance on jallikattu, the question is whether the sport will help preserve indigenous breeds of cattle. The proponents of jallikattu say that first,…
The eleventh Annual Status of Education Report (ASER 2016)
The Annual Status of Education Report, ASER 2016 was released in New Delhi today after a break of one year in 2015. This is the eleventh annual report. The report…
National Alliance against Online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
The Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India is to form a National Alliance against Online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation with the aim of developing a comprehensive…
Why Supreme Court favours nationalism over democracy
India’s constitutional democracy has always struggled to tame the country’s religious and caste divisions, especially during elections. The Supreme Court of India has now issued an important ruling that makes…
Repair, reform and rebound
A proper analysis of India’s economic outlook in 2017 will have to look beyond the shadow of demonetisation, which looms large on the economy in the near term. The pick-up…
UN agency data on labour migration shows 150 million migrants in global workforce
There are about 150 million migrant workers around the world, according a recent United Nations study, which provides useful labour migration data for policy makers as they seek to make…
‘Demonetisation will make corruption difficult’
French economist and Nobel laureate Jean Tirole said that it was not possible to “catch corrupt money” with demonetisation. On demonetisation and its impact, the economist said: “One cannot get…
SC asked to resolve conflict over ‘rape’ definition in two laws
The benefit of POCSO is not afforded to children when they are in married relationship but over the age of 15: plea A chink in the colonial-era Indian Penal Code…
India’s Act East policy
Manipur, an important border state with Myanmar, heads towards state assembly elections in February 2017. If the economic and infrastructure development that the policy calls for is to take place,…
SC’s reading of the Representation of People Act
The issue is the interpretation of Section 123(3) of the Representation of People’s Act (RPA). Appeals to religion, caste etc have always been prohibited. But the core issue has been…