Global growth, which was hovering around the long-term average and gaining momentum—supported by the investment boom in the technology sector, easing trade policy tensions, and accommodative financial ...

This paper examines the impact of participation in global value chains (GVCs) on the productivity of Indian manufacturing firms. The analysis draws on data for approximately 14,000 manufacturing firms ...

The exception clause states that “sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under eighteen years of age, is not rape.” Meanwhile, the BNS criminalises domestic violence through ...

Indian state that “plans well but implements poorly” have hitherto drawn from a limited range of broad positions, ...

The potential of the horticulture sector was first recognised during the Fourth Five Year Plan (1969–74) as a means of enhancing farmers’ incomes. However, the imperative of achieving self-sufficiency ...

EPW consults referees from a database of 200+ academicians in different fields of the social sciences on papers that are ...

Bill in the Lok Sabha has reined in the union government’s design to significantly alter the electoral make-up of the country ...

India, a culturally rich and diverse country, has witnessed rapid economic development in the last few decades. However, the growth witnessed in recent times has created a divide between rural and ...

This article delves into the multifaceted journey of India's Women's Reservation Bill (WRB) enacted through the 106th amendment to the Indian Constitution in September 2023. Allocating 33 percent of ...

With such porous and relational boundaries, the act of taking care is inevitably politicised and gendered. Piku: Motion Se Hi Emotion (2015) depicts a daughter (played by Deepika Padukone), who, ...

Again, surprisingly, neither the news of “sudden” US–Israel air strikes on numerous Iranian targets nor the “headline focus” on the latest war in the Gulf region’s impact on China came as a surprise ...

Access to finance constitutes a critical prerequisite for economic expansion, as it enables the growth of productive activities across sectors. In economies seeking to scale up manufacturing, services ...