There haven't been any significant improvements in terms of credit delivery to the members of self-help groups under Mission Convergence as the numbers of loans haven't increased much. There are signs of weariness in the Mission regarding the same and several meetings have been called to address...

India has the world's second largest urban population (after China). This paper shows the large disparities within this urban population in health related indicators. It shows the disparities for child and maternal health, provision for health care and housing conditions between the poorest...

Whole world has recognized India as super power of 21st century. India is youngest county in the world growing a rate of more than 8 percent. Large population of India provides market to the countries of the world. At the same time it provides opportunities to India in terms of extracting the...

This paper analyses how a case were to unfold if an operator of a nuclear installation were to exercise its right of recourse against a supplier in the event of supply of equipment or material with latent defects, as envisaged under the unique Section 17(b) of the Civil Liability for Nuclear...

Technology promises to overcome traditional barriers to financial inclusion, in particular by harnessing insights from consumers' personal data. However, use of personal data creates new risks for consumers. Service providers must build consumers' trust, a necessary precondition to increased...

The paper will look at the recent demonetization exercise that the government of India imposed on its people. The demonetization exercise was marketed from a Public Interest perspective as a way to eliminate corruption, increase the tax base and to fight terrorism. However, the Public Choice...

Crimes in the name of ‘honour' are on a rise in our country. Both rural as well as urban areas are gripped with instances of horrific crimes where young citizens of our country are being killed for exercising their democratic right of choosing their life partners. The democratic minded people...

Every third person in urban India is a youth. In less than a decade from now, India, with a median age of 29 years, will be the youngest nation in the world. In an economy that is not growing as it ought, inequitable distribution of income and resources and a society stressed by forces of a new...

Asian countries are undergoing a demographic transition resulting from a combination of low death and birth rates in their populations. This could be partly due to the vigorous promotion of small families by governments in South Asia and Southeast Asia. India adopted the two-child policy in 2004...

While a vast literature examines the prevalence of ethnic voting and clientelism in low-income contexts, empirical tests of whether elections are being used to hold politicians accountable for public goods provision are few. Leveraging a rare exogenous variation in the World's largest rural...