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Instead of drafting a policy that first reduces, and then ends all reservations, we are moving towards strengthening them.

The recent iteration of Digital Personal Data Protection Bill has welcome changes, however, has lacunae that needs to be addressed

There is a need to move beyond empowerment towards improving the ability of urban women to join and remain in the workforce

Women representatives have played a critical role in redefining local priorities, but proper measures need to be adopted to address the existing chall

For over six decades, Indian politicians and policy makers have remained obsessed with reservation as the only viable tool for affirmative action. B

India is currently the fifth most vulnerable country to climate change. Easing environmental norms will not boost economic growth.

The bill has to be a constitutional amendment as it overshoots the Supreme Court's 50% cap on quotas and takes the total to 60%.

Women's reservation in national and state legislatures is historic as it paves the way for much-needed political participation of women in Indian poli

India has reservations about opening up Indian citizenship for Sri Lankan Tamils, as it fears that Sinhala-Buddhist hardliners will create intolerable

Since the OBC reservation in municipalities in Maharashtra has not been implemented, the municipal elections have been stalled.

Affirmative action, especially in the form of reservation policies, to address the issues of inclusion and equity has been in place in India for a long time. The available evidence suggests that the policies of reservation have not been an unqualified success. Indeed, implementation of the reservation policies has faced a variety of issues ranging from problems of identifying the beneficiary groups and the creamy layer to legal interpretation of

The trend of women's mass involvement in electoral politics in India indicates their readiness to narrow the significant gap in political participatio

The continuation of oppressive colonial ideology through the preservation of heritage sites is stifling social change.

Digitising built heritage can help foster greater public engagement and awareness and lead to effective preservation and restoration.

While legislative representation is a critical aspect, it must be complemented by measures that empower women at the grassroots level

The Sundarban ecoregion, straddling India and Bangladesh, is home to the largest contiguous mangrove forest in the world. Parts of the forest are designated as World Heritage Sites in both countries due to their rich biodiversity. The natural areas of the Sundarban are influenced by human use and, in recent years, increasingly by climate change. This paper explores an institutional arrangement that could help identify and implement the options th

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The loopholes and technicalities of the Women's Reservation Bill should be open to scrutiny, but the Bill and its purpose must not be forgotten. Perhaps the revival of the debate over the bill could be an opportunity for PM Modi to demonstrate his party's focus on gender equality.

Access to higher education has been a long-standing policy concern in India. Reservation for different social groups at the central and the state levels has been a typical policy response.

This paper considers and explains the shifts and consistencies in India’s engagement with structures of global trade governance beginning from the Uruguay round of trade negotiations in late 1980s. It makes three major arguments. First, that although India has participated actively in global trade negotiations since the establishment of the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT) it was only under the present-day trade governance institut

Madrasas in India offer basic literacy to millions of mostly poor Muslims, generally free of cost; they also serve as safe spaces for the preservation of Islamic culture. In many areas across the country, madrasas are the only option for poor Muslim families to provide their children basic education. This brief evaluates current madrasa education in India and identifies specific weaknesses that hamper its modernisation. It recommends remedial mea

The South Asian region lacks a common plan of action to deal with the impact of climate change despite possessing common ecological habitat. Africa and Latin America fare a tad better on this front. India should take the lead to create elaborate policies for joint management of common resources and ecological preservation.

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In Nepal, since the signing of the seven-point agreement on November 1, two significant developments have taken shape. First, the integration process of former Maoist combatants has begun in all seven cantonments despite strong reservations.

After the UNHRC meeting and the Indian vote against Sri Lanka, now it needs to go beyond Geneva, in the preservation of 'supreme national self-interest' in the case of both the countries. The ghost of Geneva would be hovering over them, yet Colombo should acknowledge the un-kept promises.

Although Biden has invoked Trump’s Indo-Pacific construct to promise continuity on US-India ties, the US Congress’ shift to a reformist — from i

The gender disparity in politics indicates the need to promote education amongst women, thus, enabling greater political participation

The recent Supreme Court ruling on the EWS quota is expected to shape the procedural as well as aspirational dynamics of the discourse of affirmative

The Centre must proceed with caution as ill–timed and hasty measures can damage the efforts of integration.

It is time for the European Union to wake up to the world they actually live in and now move towards the more workable paradigm of "Shared Interests and Shared Prosperity", acknowledging that beneath every façade, nations and societies share only one common value, that of 'self-preservation' based on 'self-interest'.

India has hardly ever seen a purely women-driven movement where women have been the pioneers of a development and have stood up for a cause all by the

The recent development in terms of the success of the Women's Reservation Bill underscores the importance of continued efforts to ensure women's parti

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पंचायतींमधील महिला प्रतिनिधींनी स्थानिक प्राधान्यक्र�

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कई वर्षों से लंबित महिला आरक्षण विधेयक को आख़िरकार संसद �

महिलाओं की नुमाइंदगी ने स्थानीय प्राथमिकताओं को फिर से प

भारताच्या राजकारणामध्ये महिलांना विधायी प्रतिनिधित्व �

स्थानिक स्तरावरील महिलांसाठीचे आरक्षण हे महिलांना राज्यस्तरीय आणि राष्ट्रीय राजकारणात येण्यासाठीचे व्यासपीठ बनण्यात अपयशी ठरले आहे.

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महिला आरक्षण विधेयक की सफलता को लेकर हाल ही में जो गतिविध�

चूंकि महाराष्ट्र के नगरपालिका में ओबीसी आरक्षण का अनुपा�

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