Social security is virtually non-existent in India. While governments play a role providing some security to poor households (through the public distribution system targeted at households below the poverty line), in general financial security remains the responsibility of individuals. Life...

It was envisaged in the Science Policy Resolution (SPR), which Nehru got the Parliament to approve in 1958, that the country would participate fully in the march of science. However, as we celebrate the golden jubilee of the pioneering SPR, it is discomforting to note that just as there are...

The success and failure of any democratic government is gauged in terms of how effectively it has fulfilled its constitutional obligation of enhancing social and economic well-being, particularly the common man. While developed economies use a set of indices to measure well-being, a systematic...

Stocks of the scientific-technological workforce help in determining to what degree a nation or a certain region is able to fulfil its technological and innovative needs. Stocks monitor not only the number of scientists and technicians, but also their spread across regions and economic sectors....