The Global Gender Gap Index annually benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment). It is the longest-standing index tracking the progress of numerous countries’ efforts towards closing these gaps over time since …
Gandhinagar: Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday began the process of accommodating politicians in government-backed structures outside Sachivalaya, something he had been meticulously avoiding till now. He appointed politicians as chairmen of urban development authorities of Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Bhavnagar and Gandhinagar
Losses by the long ruling Left Front in a series of local and national elections since 2008 cannot be explained without an understanding of the nature of
This paper attempts to analyse the pattern and determinants of fund utilisation under the Members of Parliament-Local Area Development Scheme by the Lok Sabha mps. It indicates that there are political business cycles in spending by mps. Moreover, it shows that the degree of competition faced by an mp in …
Concerns about food security and apprehensions of future water scarcity are common to all the countries in the world. This paper focuses on the water issue between India and Bangladesh. Crisscrossed by the rivers and streams, Bangladesh is a water-abundant country with low-per capital water availability. Almost 94% of the …
How does the population of inegalitarian countries react to their governments’ initiatives to fight poverty and reduce inequality? Numerous studies published recently assume that the level of income inequality determines the level of popular support for redistribution. The most influential theoretical framework in this research agenda has been proposed by …
This essay integrates metaphysics, science, politics, political economy, and moral philosophy in order to explore the ways in which some Gandhian ideas, when given a genealogical reading in the dissenting thought of Early Modernity in Europe, might provide a deep basis for (a) diagnosing the religiosity of our own time, …
The government on Wednesday told Parliament that it has dropped the plan to interlink the country's Himalayan and peninsular rivers saying that it entails an expenditure of Rs 4.4 lakh crores, which the government would not be able to afford. However, water resources minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said in the …
There is a clear alliance between the party of right reaction in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress, and the Maoists as they try out a cynical strategy of violence to defeat the state
The paper examines whether democracy at the country level and global climate change matter for another. It raises the question of how to support democracy
PALAKKAD: The CPM has been using the centrally sponsored National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) for political gains by engaging in a campaign that it was a State Government scheme, said KPCC spokesperson M M Hassan. Addressing newsmen here on Wednesday as part of Janasree
Transparency is the newest item on the agenda of many Rajasthan ministers and MPs. C P Joshi, the man who lost the Rajasthan Assembly elections last year by just one vote, to later become the Union minister for rural development, started the trend. He got 52 NGOs led by Mazdoor …
Meena Menon DHAITANA (Beed district): The Assembly elections are not the reason for excitement in this village located in the backward Marathwada region of Maharashtra. It
The stalled Land Acquisition Bill should be completely overhauled Pranab Bardhan / September 23, 2009, 0:07 IST The stalled Land Acquisition Bill should be completely overhauled. In both China and India the issue of land acquisition has become politically very sensitive. In China by official reports more than 66 million …
Rahi Gaikwad Pandharkawada (Yavatmal district): Women in Jalka village in Yavatmal district have been going to Kalavati Bandurkar, ever since Rahul Gandhi
Periyar had initially opposed toddy but later he supported it. In the case of river water integration project, a rethink is necessary CONGRESS leader E V K S Elangovan rejected Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's stand of supporting the river integration project. After garlanding the statue of Periyar at PS Park …
Though Governments in India are elected for a five-year term, the first few months set the tone and provide early hints about the course it plans to take. While it would be unfair to judge a new regime on the basis of its first 100 days in office, there has …
Shillong: 'Can politics save Shillong's environment?' was the theme of the debate organized by the Peoples' Learning Centre (PLC) at the Don Bosco Youth Centre here on Friday. Students drawn from various colleges of the city debated on this controversial topic. Opening the topic for discussion was Professor Abhijit Choudhary, …
The purpose of this document is to help frame discussions at the Summit by providing key information on the core political issues that need to be resolved to catalyze strengthened cooperative action on climate change. The Annex provides important contextual information on climate change and the inter-governmental negotiations. The round …
