During the 1950s and 1960s, it was widely believed that economic growth, policy reforms, and institutional development would gradually integrate the informal economy into the formal sector. This ...
It presents a comprehensive labour market profile of the country’s 46 largest urban agglomerations. Beyond conventional labour market indicators, the report sheds light on cities’ industrial ...
Multi­lateral institutions and national governments now increasingly promote DPI as a means to expand state capacity, enhance welfare delivery, strengthen service coordination, and catalyse digital ...
India’s next delimitation exercise will occur in circumstances fundamentally different from those prevailing at the time of the last interstate seat allocation based on the 1971 Census. The ...
Informal Sector, Financial Inclusion, and Role of Digitalisation: A Firm-level Analysis from Bangladesh, Ghana, and India ...
At first glance, the outlook appears encouraging. Global foreign direct investment (FDI) rose for the second consecutive year, increasing from $1.5 trillion in 2024 to $1.6 trillion in 2025, a gain of ...
Transparency is a cornerstone of modern monetary governance. Central banks across the world are expected to conduct their policies in a manner that is open, predictable, and accountable.Transparency ...
The risk of conflict is baked into the region’s power structures and the political and military strategy of the US and its regional proxy, Israel. Whatever respite the conflict offers must be utilised ...
Over the last five years in India, extreme weather events (EWEs)like intense floods, heatwaves, landslides, droughts, and cyclones have increased, impacting population health (Krishnan 2025). This ...
Awareness campaigns have highlighted the nutritional advantages of millets—their high fibre, protein, vitamin, and mineral content, gluten- free nature, and favourable amino acid profile—thereby ...
Boundary disputes are not simple conflicts centring on the lines on a map. They are about “who” controls the land and resources, “how” the border functions, and “why” control matters.Boundary disputes ...
Under the IT Act, gifts from “relatives” are exempt from income tax in the hands of the person receiving this gift. For the purposes of Section 56(2), the term “relative” is specifically defined ...