India formally adopted financial inclusion as a significant policy objective in 2005 (Chavan 2025).1 It gained importance not only because it is positively and significantly associated with the Human ...

Stories by Non-Muslim Urdu Writers, Rakhshanda Jalil offers an incisive intervention in the cultural and linguistic politics of South Asia. Through a carefully curated selection of 16 short ...

Three mega-regional economic cooperation arrangements are in place in the Asia-Pacific region, each having their own objectives and scope of coverage. These include the Comprehensive and Progressive ...

The topics covered by the chapters are as diverse and wide-ranging as their methodology and focus. In fact, they are so disparate that the editor has refrained from providing the volume with a ...

Over a hundred thousand protesters, some estimates suggesting a 1,50,000, had gathered in central London on a call given by the convicted criminal and football hooligan Tommy Robinson in a far-right ...

This declaration explicitly obligated the states “to ensure sustainable use of natural resources.” Subsequently, in 2015, the United Nations, in its Sustainable Deve­lopment Goals, included “food ...

Its strategic importance has turned it into a hotspot for water infrastructure projects, from operational dams to those in the advanced planning stages, making it a contentious issue. While debates ...

Just as we should not rely on home remedies to cure chronic diseases, we should not expect quick fixes to solve deep-rooted societal problems.

The paper aims to analyse the pattern of firm-size distribution in the organised manufacturing sector in India. Understanding ...

Indigenous People/Adivasis1 has been one of the key agendas of the Indian state in the post-independence era. The ...

This model was later adopted by the state, which continues to organise and appropriate women’s labour under the guise of honorary service. An example is the successful Kudumbashree programme in Kerala ...

The currently uneven workforce distribution, with a significant concentration in low-productivity sectors such as agriculture, highlights the need for strategic efforts to transition labour towards ...