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The role of regulatory innovation in reversing India’s environmental degradation

In the Yale Environmental Performance Index, India ranked last out of 180 countries. Anant Sudarshan examines the broader economic and developmental costs of environmental degradation. Based on the li...

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डिजिटल सपना: भारत को भविष्य के लिए कौशल-निपुण बनाना

कोविड-19 महामारी ने हमारे जीवन में आम होती जा रही प्रौद्योगिकी की गति को तेज कर दिया है, इसने एक बड़े डिजिटल विभाजन को भी उजागर किया है, जिससे भारत की आबादी का एक बड़ा हिस्सा इस प्रतिमान बदलाव से बाहर...

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Not exactly bad news: Fed tightening cycle’s implications for emerging markets

The conventional perception, that US Federal Reserve rate hikes necessarily imply capital outflows from emerging markets, is an incomplete assessment. This article disaggregates Fed hikes’ effects on ...

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Urban exclusion: Rethinking social protection in India in the wake of Covid-19

Economic insecurity caused by lockdowns during the early days of Covid-19 forced many households to rely on government welfare schemes to fulfil their consumption needs. Using data from the June 2020 ...

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Wheat export ban and heat stress: Balancing the trade-off between food security and farmers’ income

The recent imposition of a ban on wheat exports, in a bid to ensure food security, has meant that farmers will not realise the benefits from the recent increase in global wheat prices. In this post, K...

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Addressing the economic trade-offs of interlinkages in contemporary agrarian markets

Agrarian markets often see interlinked market transactions – the arhatiya deals with the farmer in both the crop market as a commission agent, and in the credit market as a moneylender. In this post, ...

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जलवायु संबंधी अपने लक्ष्यों को पूरा करने में भारत की प्रगति

जलवायु परिवर्तन पर पेरिस समझौते के तहत भारत का लक्ष्य ग्रीनहाउस गैस उत्सर्जन की तीव्रता को वर्ष 2005 के स्तर से वर्ष 2030 तक 33-35% तक कम करना है। मनीषा जैन ने ‘आइडियाज फॉर इंडिया’ में प्रकाशित अपने प...

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In extremity and externality: Need for policies to protect children from environmental crises

Despite the undeniable threats of climate change, little consideration has been given to creating social safety nets for the vulnerable or engendering resilience in institutions disrupted by extreme c...

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Using personalised information delivery to improve uptake of emergency government benefits

Although many governments introduced additional benefits as part of existing welfare schemes for Covid-19 relief, there is often a significant gap between the introduction of, and access to these bene...

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भारतीय विनिर्माण उद्योग में हिंदू-मुस्लिम एकता और फर्म का उत्पादन- एक क्षेत्र प्रयोग से साक्ष्य

उपलब्ध प्रमाण दर्शाते हैं कि खराब सामाजिक संबंधों और श्रमिकों में पसंद-आधारित भेदभाव के चलते जातिगत विविधता फर्म के उत्पादन को कम कर सकती है। यह लेख, पश्चिम बंगाल के एक विनिर्माण संयंत्र में किये गए ए...

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Little evidence for 'too much finance'

The current consensus that the finance-growth nexus is more complex than previously assumed has led to concerns about ‘too much finance’. Using a large panel dataset over six decades, this article fin...

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Hypergamy violation and domestic violence

Whether violation of hypergamy – when the wife’s economic status equals or exceeds that of her husband’s – increases or decreases domestic violence is a priori ambiguous. Analysing 2015-2016 National ...

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