Context: The article examines Maharashtra’s principal cash-transfer programme for women amid beneficiary verification, digital-access concerns and audit findings relating to excess expenditure and fund management.… Read More »Maharashtra’s Ladki Bahin Scheme: Welfare Delivery And Budgetary Control
Context The article argues that India still handles migration mainly during crises, instead of building a system that covers the full journey of migrants from… Read More »Migration Governance And The Whole-Of-Journey Approach
Context The article discusses a Supreme Court judgment recognising maternity leave for adoptive mothers as a basic human right, expanding constitutional interpretation with a feminist… Read More »Adoptive Mothers’ Rights And Maternity Leave As A Fundamental Entitlement
Context A UN report on child mortality highlights a global decline in under-five deaths. It also notes a slowdown in progress since 2015, while India… Read More »Child Mortality Trends: Global Slowdown And India’s Progress
Migrant workers deal with many problems because they move around a lot. They can’t settle in places they work, which makes it hard for the… Read More »Issues Confronted By Migrant Workers
The issue of Polygamy has been a point of contention and heated discussions in India. A panel led by a retired High Court Judge in… Read More »Polygamy In India
Internal migration is an important factor in the efficient allocation of resources within a country. In India, with its population of over 1.3 billion people,… Read More »Inter-State Migration In India
The Self-Help Groups (SHGs) movement has been a force for positive change in India over the past 50 years. It is based on the principles… Read More »Role Of Self-Help Groups In Women’s Empowerment