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Challenges of executing EWS reservation efficiently

A recent Supreme Court judgement excluded members of reserved categories from the scope of EWS. Aygün, Turhan, and Yenmez look at the implications of this decision, including reserved category members...

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Introduction to e-Symposium: The architecture of affirmative action

The Supreme Court of India recently upheld an amendment that excluded Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backwards Classes from the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) quota, restricting it on...

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Design choices for implementing affirmative action

In this expository piece, Ashutosh Thakur explains the various ways in which affirmative action policies can be implemented, and discusses the underlying tradeoffs and issues at hand. He delineates th...

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Panchsutras for carrying out a successful Governance Transformation

Following his last piece, which put forth a Governance Matrix that could be used assess a government system’s readiness to drive outcomes, Gaurav Goel puts forth five principles, or panchsutras, which...

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विद्युत अधिनियम में संशोधन: सजग दृष्टिकोण की आवश्यकता

विद्युत अधिनियम, 2003 में हाल ही में प्रस्तावित संशोधन कुछ विधायी परिवर्तनों के साथ लगभग दो दशकों के बाद आया है। इस लेख में, दीक्षित और जोसे बिजली क्षेत्र के विकास- विशेष रूप से उस समय के दौरान प्रौद्...

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The panchayat asset register: An instrument to conserve India’s commons

With common lands making up nearly a quarter of Indian territory, the State has taken steps to protect them from encroachment. The Indian Constitution grants panchayats custodial rights to protect vil...

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Motherhood, childcare and wages in India

Despite studies emphasising the role of parenthood as central to gender wage inequality in wealthy countries, these wage dynamics in developing countries are poorly understood. This article looks at t...

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The Governance Matrix: Understanding a system’s readiness for change

To explain the gap between the expectation of perfect outcomes and the reality of an imperfect system, Gaurav Goel puts forth The Governance Matrix, a tool which can be used to assess the readiness of...

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भारत में माध्यमिक शिक्षा तक पहुंच से संबंधित चुनौतियां

भारत की नवीनतम राष्ट्रीय शिक्षा नीति में वर्ष 2030 तक शिक्षा तक सार्वभौमिक पहुंच की परिकल्पना की गई है। हालांकि, प्राथमिक विद्यालयों में नामांकन अधिक होने के बावजूद माध्यमिक शिक्षा तक पहुंच कम रही है।...

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Mirroring realities: Digital technology through the eyes of women microentrepreneurs

The expansion of markets from physical spaces to e-commerce platforms during the pandemic widened the pre-existing digital gender divide in India. Employing the method of ‘auto-photography’, the team ...

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The impact of services trade on non-tradable services in India

A share of India's service sector growth can be attributed to tradable services, which can also have positive productivity impacts on manufacturing. This article looks at the effect of services trade ...

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भारतीय कानून जलवायु-संबंधी नियमन किस प्रकार से कर सकता है?

बढ़ती हुई जलवायु परिवर्तन चिंता का समाधान केवल नीति के माध्यम से शायद पर्याप्त नहीं है। इस लेख में, दुबाश और श्रीधर कहते हैं कि जलवायु-संबंधित कानून से अर्थव्यवस्था के व्यापक परिणामों को सुनिश्चित किय...

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