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Rise in public health spending due to States, not Centre

Public spending on health in India has historically remained low. Recently, many think tanks claimed that India, which has always spent a little more than 1% of its GDP on healthcare, is inching close to …

Why punitive population-control measures are harmful and distract from the real problem – inequality

Higher fertility rates are a symptom of underdevelopment rather than the cause of it. The ghost of population control was resurrected yet again last year after Uttar Pradesh and Assam announced policies to promote the …

The Mythical Population Problem and the Actual Worries

Thomas Robert Malthus in his seminal essay written in 1798, An Essay on the Principle of Population, postulated that large population is a problem for nations, as human numbers grow in geometric progression while food resources grow …

Voices of Migrant Workers in Delhi

Author: Aditi Hari Ramani. I, along with my classmates from the Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, recently visited Narela, a sub-city in the Northern reaches of Delhi to survey the mood of the …

Loktantra Par Charcha…

Author: Kavya Uniyal. ‘Phir political status laga diya, Papa gussa karenge’! Every time, I share a WhatsApp status about anything political, my mother barges in the room to remind me how I might emerge as …

Navigating the Global Semiconductor Industry

Author: Shashwat Kotiyal. Executive Summary Covid-19 supply chain changes have prompted the global semiconductor industry to confront new challenges. These issues could cost IT, healthcare, and automotive production a lot. Due to a global semiconductor …

Does Kerala Require a Dedicated Film Policy to Catalyse Industry Growth?

Author: Asmi Sinha. The film industry in Kerala has been a significant cultural and economic contributor, yet the absence of a comprehensive film policy has hindered its full potential. This policy brief highlights the urgent …

Digi Yatra Policy

Author: Anahida Bhardwaj. Executive Summary The Digi Yatra Policy, launched by the Ministry of Civil Aviation in December 2022[1] for digitising air travel processing (by utilising facial recognition technology and Aadhar-linked credentials), has faced issues regarding …

On unemployment in Indian States

This analysis looks at unemployment in the major States of India — excluding the Union Territories —among individuals aged 15 and above, utilising data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) of 2022-23 Originally published …

India can do more to protect workers in war zones

Originally published on April 29th, 2024 Ironclad regulations for migrants in conflict zones are preferable to the current piecemeal approach. Migrants tend to ignore risks associated with countries that experience conflict. : Alejandro Avila Cortez …