Context India Competitiveness Initiative aims to develop a roadmap for India’s growth policies to aggressively push the nation towards middle-income and beyond by 2047, the 100th anniversary of India’s independence As part of this initiative a new report is published …
Context The Prime Minister has called for “Energy Atmanirbharta” by 2040 10 suggestions to achieve the objective of Energy Atma Nirbharta To have definitional clarity Atmanirbharta translates literally to self-reliance but many interpret it to mean self-sufficiency. In the Energy …
Context By “care work burden” or “motherhood penalty” we mean women’s burden of childcare and domestic work This is an important factor that disadvantages them in the labour market, both globally and in India. It is also seen to underlie …
Context India’s socio-economic problem is not just employment but also the poor quality of employment. By poor quality of employment we mean insufficient and uncertain incomes, and poor working conditions. The dominant “theory-in-use” to increase employment is to Improve the …