Rohit Naimpally Universal Basic Income: Incentive to Innovate or Excuse to Snooze “I don’t support UBI because an idle mind is the devil’s playground.” Some skeptics of proposals to institute a universal […]
Parsing the Universal Basic Income Debate
Unbundling State Effectiveness: Current Perspectives
Sanjeev S. Ahluwalia Decentralisation, with all its limitations, is the way to go for India to make the state effective in fulfillment of its sovereign functions. Context is everything. No one model […]
Band-Aid on a Septic Wound: The Anti-Trafficking Bill, 2018
Shraddha Chaudhary Plagued by systemic flaws and mistakes of the past, the Bill aims to address the symptoms of trafficking, rather than the disease itself India is deeply embroiled in the trafficking […]
Privacy & Transparency as Complementary Rights: Inadequacies in the proposed amendments to the RTI Act
Sayan Bhattacharya By leaving essential terms undefined and placing a higher burden to disclose personal information, the amendments proposed by the Srikrishna Committee are defeating the purpose of a right to privacy […]
From the Archives – Law Making in India
T. Prashant Reddy The following article was originally published in the Critical Twenties blog on May 16, 2011. It isn’t every day that you hear of the common man of this country wondering […]
OF STERILISATION, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND POLITICS: LSPR IN CONVERSATION WITH DR. Y.K. SANDHYA (2/2)
This is Part II of the Dr. Y.K. Sandhya’s exclusive conversation with LSPR. You can read Part I of the post here. LSPR: There is a surfeit of communal narrative in some […]
Of Sterilisation, Public Health, and Politics: LSPR in conversation with Dr. Y.K. Sandhya (1/2)
Prannv Dhawan speaks with Dr. Y.K. Sandhya in an exclusive interview for LSPR. Dr. Sandhya and her NGO (Sahyog) have been instrumental in formulating the first-ever Youth Policy of Uttar Pradesh in […]
Legalisation of Betting: A Question of How
Kumar Satyam| Prannv Dhawan A comprehensive proposal and not mere lip service is needed for the effective legalisation of betting. The Law Commission of India, in its 276th report, has recommended legalisation […]
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Ordinance: Highlights and Implications
Ambarin Khambati The legislature has taken a step in the right direction by factoring in practical experience and opinion of the Adjudicating Authorities, to bring clarity and quietus to contentious issues. The […]
Interlinking of Rivers: A Precautionary Analysis
Binit Agrawal The project to inter-link rivers in India is based on archaic conceptions of river systems and will not deliver the promised benefits The Special Committee on Inter-Linking of Rivers (ILR) […]
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