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WEBHigh Youth Unemployment in the North East. Suman Rani Balakrushna Padhi. Over the last three decades, the growth of the Indian economy has seen a spectacular upheaval, a notable aspect of which is the moderating effect in the levels of employment, demographic change, poverty and inequality, and various other socio-economic indicators. In...
Untouchability in India: A Reading List
WEBMar 15, 2021 · The Indian Caste System. In their paper, “The Continuing Practice of Untouchability in India,” Thorat and Joshi explain how India, the largest democracy and the second-most populous country in the world, has its religious majority divided on the basis of “jati” or “caste.”. While jati is derived from the Sanskrit word jāta (born ...
Article 19: Mapping the Free Speech Debate in India
WEBMany laws that restrict free speech such as the laws punishing sedition, hate speech or defamation, derive their legitimacy from Article 19 (2). Inspection of movies, books, paintings, etc, is also possible by way of this clause. Scholars note that censorship in India was, and still is, historically rooted in the discourse of protecting Indian ...
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WEBAbout Us. The Economic and Political Weekly, published from Mumbai, is an Indian institution which enjoys a global reputation for excellence in independent scholarship and critical inquiry. First published in 1949 as the Economic Weekly and since 1966 as the Economic and Political Weekly, EPW, as the journal is popularly known, occupies a ...
Protection of Workers’ Wages in India: An Analysis of the Labour …
WEBDec 12, 2019 · The landmark Labour Code on Wages Act (henceforth referred to as the Wage Code), enacted in August 2019, has been celebrated for codifying India’s four wage related laws, namely the Minimum Wages Act, 1948; the Payment of Wages Act, 1936; the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976; and the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965.
Human Development Index 2021–22 and India
WEBThe Human Development Report 202122, brought out by the United Nations Development Programme, shows that Indias global rankings have gone down from 130 in 2020 to 132 in 2021. This is not surprising as the growth in Indias Human Development Index (HDI) values have decelerated faster than the global values during the pandemic.
Understanding Open Prisons in India - Economic and Political …
WEBJan 22, 2021 · As per the report, as of 31 December 2018, among all the states and union territories, only 17 have open jails. Rajasthan has 31 out of a total of 77 open prisons in India. West Bengal has the highest occupancy rate (114.53 %), while Andhra Pradesh has the lowest rate (15.33 %).
Trade Competitiveness of India’s Textile and Apparel Sector
WEBMay 29, 2021 · An analysis of the trade competitiveness of India’s man-made fibre-based textile and apparel sector, based on the Index of Revealed Comparative Advantage, Trade Intensity Index, and Export Similarity Index, for the period 2010–19, revealed that India has a significant advantage in man-made yarns, fibres and technical textiles. A survey of the top 10 export markets indicates that India ...
Open Data in India: In a Restrictive Copyright Regime, Voluntary ...
WEBJun 2, 2020 · Globally, while there has been a shift towards open data policies, some Government of India’s departments have gone the opposite way. They have decided to stop putting out data in the public domain. Data enthusiasts and voluntary organisations have been pitching in with their efforts to build open data resources in India. This is part of a six-article series on questions surrounding data ...