A bill to consolidate and amend the law relating to companies. [PRS]. URL:[http://www.prsindia.org/uploads/media/Company/companies%20bill%202011.pdf].

The National Food Security Bill, 2011 was introduced in the Lok Sabha by the Minister of Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution on December 22, 2011. The Bill was referred to the Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (Chairman: Vilas Baburao Muttemwar) on...

Share of Dudget for Children in the Union Budget. [HAQCRC]. URL:[http://www.haqcrc.org/sites/default/files/BfC%20Analysis%202013-14-1.pdf]

The task of the Sub-committee was to review the existing methodologies for estimating the contribution of unorganized/informal sector to GDP and suggest measures to facilitate direct estimation. The Group reviewed the 'Labour input method' contained in an OECD publication titled 'Measuring the...

This work examines the status of Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (FPRW) in the informal economy in India and locates the gaps and challenges in ratifying the ILO Conventions 87, 98, 138 and 182. The study also tries to identify various gaps in the existing data base of the informal...

This study examines factors that determine the adoption and continued production of Jatropha in plantations in North East India. The study is based on a sample of 144 current-farmers, 137 previous farmers, and 145 non-growers of Jatropha in the states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The findings...

Interview on the recent released poverty line.

An act to provide for the regulation of production, supply and distribution of infant milk substitutes, feeding bottles and infant food with a view to the protection and promotion of breastfeeding and ensuring the proper use of infant foods and for matters connected with this. [WCD]....

Statement by Dr. Raghuram Rajan on taking office on September 4, 2013. [RBI Press release].

Social Inclusion of Internal Migrants in India aims to provide an overview of existing innovative practices that increase the inclusion of internal migrants in society and act as a living document that would inspire and assist professionals and governments officials in their attempts to...