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Delhi Metro : More than a mode of transport
The Metro network has quietly revolutionized women's travel in public transport, and given them a perceived notion of autonomy, along with scope for upward socio-economic mobility.
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Regional benches of the Supreme Court?
Should the appellate jurisdiction of the apex court be more accessible to the people? Or would that increase litigation and lead to more inconsistencies between judgments?
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Decentralisation is better for developing economies
Urban waste continues to grow, and governments at different levels are responding with a range of approaches. There are several reasons to choose decentralisation.
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India's states need their own development models
Our federal nation will always have different models of growth that suit local aspirations. State governments can distinguish themselves by asking what this means for each one of them.
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Why aren't more women working?
Too many women who want to work are not working, and counting on growth alone to change that is not enough. An alternate, more gender-inclusive approach to growth is needed.
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Household appliances: Fruits of labour
Does increase in women’s work participation lead to greater adoption of household appliances, or is it the other way round? Data from the US during the Second World War period provides some answers.
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Disaster response must be decentralised, humanised
For long-term mitigation of disasters in urban areas, ward-level citizens' committees will need to carry out community-based bottom-up planning for sustainable and inclusive development.
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Falling prices hit turmeric farmers hard
As Covid-19 rages through the rural areas, hundreds of thousands of tribal farmers in Odisha's Kandhamal district are selling their turmeric harvest at half the usual market rate.
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Want not, waste not, but how?
Waste collection and recycling management of flexible and multilayer packaging are particularly challenging. Many hurdles have to be overcome at different stages of the recycling chain.
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A landscape of degradation
Poor governance of natural resources is undermining progress in curbing emissions. It is also weakening the resilience of vulnerable people who are affected by climate change.
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Economic consequences of lockdowns
Policy-makers are increasingly concerned about the potential impact of more waves of covid. High-frequency, night-time light data from last year's lockdown provides some answers.
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Rural electrification: An unfinished task
Power connections are now available across rural India. However, there is still a lot to be done before villagers reliably get uninterrupted electricity that can help them live and work better.
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Ground-up planning in Ranchi's slums
Can people themselves plan for their basic services? A new initiative in informal settlements which have been ignored by formal planners shows the potential of a different approach.
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Pandemic compounds Adivasis' long misery
Scheduled Tribes were marginalised even before Covid-19. Now, as the situation in Odisha's tribal districts shows, they face a worse reality. Livelihoods are vanishing, and health risks loom large.
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Dual lesson plans can bridge the digital divide
A pilot program shows how learning can continue despite the lockdown, and also how the gap in technology-assisted learning available to children in government schools can be closed.
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Citizens demand real participation in governance
In cities across Karnataka, civil society groups are pushing the government to set up ward committees and area sabhas through which they can direct the governance of their localities.
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The gender bar-rier in the courts
The higher judiciary has very few women. While this low representation is acknowledged to be a problem by the judiciary itself, there has been no serious effort to correct it.
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A survey of nearly 15,000 women in the aftermath of the pandemic-induced lockdown last year reveals specific ways in which women are particularly vulnerable to risks.
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Reversing the gaze
Can people themselves decide how governments should respond to their needs? Janta ka Faisla asks us to consider how the practice of democracy would look if it began from the most vulnerable citizens.
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Lockdown, cyclones and maize farming in Odisha
Repeated natural disasters, closed mandis and a forced halt to transportation of produce have brought maize farmes in Nabarangpur and other districts to the brink of distress.
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