In a world with over 700 million people still subsisting on extremely low incomes, the reduction of global poverty, in all its forms emerges as one of the most urgent challenges. In this scenario, the announcement of the Nobel Prize to Prof Abhijit Banerjee for his experimental approach in fighting poverty will trigger serious thoughts […]
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Kathmandu is the city of many stories. It’s colourful and very lively. Every corner has its own story to tell to the visitors who come to the city. But, most of the people in Kathmandu don’t know there is a refugee community living in the city. The concern for the refugees got into the focus […]
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More than 82 percent of the workforce in India is employed in the unorganised sector, as noted by the International Labour Union in its India Labour Market Update of 2016. This report serves as the main source of data for the workforce in the unorganised sector. Further, the Industry wise distribution of employment in the […]
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A country with a high standard of living and medical advancement should not bear an ageing burden. However, this might not be the case in India, with economic support for its ageing population becoming an important issue, and the absence of proper health insurance coverage and an inefficient public healthcare system creating bottlenecks in spite […]
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There is a higher incidence of poverty in rural areas as compared to urban areas. This is testified by the Planning Commission’s estimate for 2011-12 that 25.7 per cent of the rural population was living below the poverty line (Rs 816 per capita per month for rural areas) while for urban areas the proportion was […]
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A demographic dividend occurs when the rate of economic growth is increased due to a change in the age structure of a population that favours the presence of more working age people than that of a dependent population. A demographic dividend thus is the result of a changing age structure of the population. Basic Concepts […]
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Globalization is a progressing phenomenon marked by increasing interaction among people across the countries and between people and entities such as nation-states and corporations through the information and communication technologies (ICTs), international trade and culture and ideas. Globalization is propelled primarily by economic integration of the world economy. As in globalization in India as has […]
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There is a popular Hindi saying, ‘the sweetness of tea is directly proportional to amount of sweetener added’. The governmental funding to basic and advanced research in the fields of science and technology in the country has been too meagre to realise the dream of ‘India becoming a superpower in scientific research’ (Padma, 2015). The […]
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In the post-independence period, Indian cities had remained auxiliary to the concerns of balanced regional development. The city as a territorial unit in regional planning and development had largely not been the focus; the urban was neglected in favour of the rural by most national leaders at the time (Batra, 2009). With the recent introduction […]
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During the British period in India, the policy orientation of the government in India was more so to protect the British economy than to look after the welfare of people in India, with law & order, tax collection and defence being the primary objectives. Although British modernized India with rail tracks, education, etc, the indigenous […]
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