This study is an attempt to analyse the changes in adolescent girls in India which is effected by of some selected variables related to demographic and socioeconomic predictors. This is based on recent house hold surveys which include National Family Health Surveys (NFHS), Census Surveys,...

Corruption has become an increasingly salient issue in India today, spawning both enormous interest from the media as well as a large amount of academic research. Yet there is a large gap between what has captured the media's attention, the policy options under discussion, and the actual...

This paper studies the role played by caste, education and other social and economic attributes in arranged marriages among middle-class Indians. We use a unique data set on individuals who placed matrimonial advertisements in a major newspaper, the responses they received, how they ranked them,...

This paper focused on India and Sri Lankans relationship. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi visited Sri Lanka from 13 to 14 Mar 2015. It was the first stand-alone Prime Ministerial visit to Sri Lanka since 1987. It was also the second Summit in a month's time since the visit of President...

India has been perceived now as a villain that stalled the entry into force of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) and the associated “Bali package”, a deal which was hailed as a landmark in the history of the WTO by none other than the former Union Minister...

India’s rapidly growing economy naturally demands increasing energy needs from the industrial scale down to the personal. Mindful of potential negative impacts of economic development, India is making efforts to encourage growth while preserving and protecting the environment and human rights....

Terrorism has been identified as the greatest menace facing the mankind in the 21st century. India has officially identified terrorism as one of the most critical challenges that faces it in the post Iraq war world. The driving force in the global politics since 2/11 is also nothing but...

This comment examines the energy challenges that the Indian government faces in developing its infrastructure. It briefly summarizes the policies adopted by the government, as well as their scope and limits

Foreign policy discussions tend to focus on government policies and diplomatic initiatives. But relations between India and the United States have been driven substantially by corporations and individuals, with the two nations’ governments trailing behind and catching up only now. During the...

The structural transformation of the Indian economy from agriculture (primary sector) dominated to one led by the services sector (tertiary sector), bypassing the intermediate stage of manufacturing (secondary sector) led growth, offers an alternative to conventional theories of economic...