The Economic & Political Weekly (EPW) invites papers for a proposed special issue, to be published in January 2027, marking twenty years of the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 and engaging a post-tenure ...

Full papers of maximum word length 6000 to 8000 words need to be submitted by 10th of August 2026. Revised and final drafts will be due by 10th of October 2026. Early career scholars from India are ...

The geopolitical order established by the US and its allies is being torn down, ironically by the US itself, while the contours of any emerging new order remain unclear. The uncertainty of this ...

What is infrastructure? It is an odd, but important question, especially in the context of the Indian budget.What is infrastructure? It is an odd, but important question, especially in the context ...

This kartavya is to be realised through specific “interventions” in at least three areas aimed directly at reviving India’s manufacturing sector. These include: (i) scaling up manufacturing in seven ...

In fact, some would argue that owning a house is among the main strategies adopted by Indian households towards de-risking their future lives, substituting for a lack of pension plans or social ...

Even though it would appear that more women are participating in electoral politics in India, there are several qualitative ways in which they are politically excluded. As the Lok Sabha elections 2019 ...

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Janata Dal (United) (JD[U])—that have been at the helm of political power in the state for more than three decades now are products of the politics of social justice, ...

This, however, is a misconception. All economies cannot experience an acceleration in their growth rate by moving to an export-led growth strategy. And if some economies do, they must be doing so at ...

The 2024 elections delivered Trump an expanded base among working-class voters, with notable shifts among Latino men (reaching near-majority support in several key states) and younger Black men ...

Whether the kartavyas so enumerated—worded in the language of growth, productivity, competitiveness, aspirations, and inclusive development—will propel the economy forward in the face of a war-induced ...

Insufficient allocation for social sectors such as health, education, and social security in India is not unusual. Spending goals set by national policies for education and health and repeated in ...