These are communities who are the most vulnerable and deprived. Denotified tribes (DNTs) are communities that were ‘notified’ as being ‘born criminal’ during the British regime under a series of laws starting with the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871. Who …
A third of the country’s workforce is currently on the move. Manufacturing, construction, hospitality, logistics, and commercial agriculture all rely on migrant labour in India. The Covid-19 Pandemic has undone almost 300 million Indians’ post-1991 poverty reduction, which was fueled …
Manual scavenging is the practice of removing human excreta by hand from sewers or septic tanks. India banned the practice under the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 (PEMSR). The Act bans the use of …
Urbanization results in an increasing proportion of the population living in cities. Urban living limits access to nature and can increase exposure to certain environmental hazards, such as air and noise pollution. Many urban areas face increasing pressure from expanding …
Inter-caste marriage is a union of two persons from different castes. For example, if a member of the Brahmin group marries a member of the Scheduled Caste, the marriage is referred to be an inter-caste marriage. Related Laws According to …
India is undergoing a population change. This is evidenced by its current fertility rate of 2.0, median age of 29 years, and dropping dependency ratio (expected to decrease from 65 percent to 54 percent in the coming decade). This opens …
Household surveys in India often underreport consumption, income, and wealth. Furthermore, it’s difficult to deny that Covid-19 has widened existing faultlines, increasing entrenched inequities. The growth in the riches of the extremely wealthy during this era, when contrasted with the …
In India, 35% of females marry before reaching the age of 21. In certain states, the situation is dire. According to the data on maternal mortality, the majority of maternal deaths occur in the lower age category. Although India’s maternal …
India currently has a population of around 134 crore people. According to predictions from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, India’s population will exceed 1.5 billion by 2030. In addition, the population will reach 1.64 billion by …
Urban flooding is significantly different from rural flooding as urbanization leads to developed catchments, which increases the flood peaks from 1.8 to 8 times and flood volumes by up to 6 times. Consequently, flooding occurs very quickly due to faster …