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एक अनोखी क्रांति: उत्तर प्रदेश में प्राथमिक शिक्षा

आज भारत की स्कूली शिक्षा प्रणाली में चुनौती यह है कि स्कूली शिक्षा को ‘सीखने’ में कैसे रूपांतरित किया जाए । जहाँ सीखने के संकट पर दुखी होने के कारण मौजूद हैं वहीं उत्तर प्रदेश में एक अनोखी क्रांति हो ...

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Agriculture and the Union Budget: policies and prospects

In this post, Shoumitro Chatterjee and Mekhala Krishnamurthy analyse the key proposals in the Union Budget 2019 pertaining to reforms in agricultural market, ease of doing business for farmers, and ag...

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Union Budget 2019: An attempt to address the economy’s stress points

In this post, Niranjan Rajadhyaksha contends that in the first Budget of the second Narendra Modi administration, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has made an honest attempt to address some of the ...

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Special purpose vehicles for smart cities: A question on governance

All 100 cities selected to become ‘smart cities’ under the Smart Cities Mission in India have Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) incorporated in them. In this note, Meenakshi Sinha posits that the SPV-dr...

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बुनियाद की मज़बूती: प्राथमिक शिक्षा की चुनौती

रुक्मिणी बनर्जी बताती हैं कि नई शिक्षा नीति का प्रारूप एक सही कदम के रूप में बच्चों की शुरुआती देख-रेख और शिक्षा के महत्व पर ज़ोर देता है। साथ ही, यह प्राथमिक स्तर पर बुनियादी साक्षरता व गणितीय क्षमता ...

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Building foundations well: The challenge for primary education

Rukmini Banerji contends that the draft New Education Policy gets it right in emphasising the importance of Early Childhood Care and Education and the need to urgently work on establishing foundationa...

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Field missions and data stories

Data lies at the heart of research and policymaking in the social sector. But where does this data really come from? In this note, Prerna Mukharya (Founder, Outline India, Track your metrics), shares ...

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Wealth inequality, class, and caste in India: 1961-2012

The level of wealth inequality in India is close to that of some highly unequal countries in the world. This article assesses the long-term evolution of wealth inequality in the country for the period...

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Using mobiles to improve governance

Measuring how well major public programmes are implemented remains a core governance challenge. With the increasing mobile-phone penetration in the country, Muralidharan, Niehaus, Sukhtankar, and Weav...

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शासन में सुधार के लिए मोबाइल का उपयोग

मुख्य सार्वजनिक कार्यक्रमों का कितनी अच्छी तरह क्रियान्वयन हो रहा है इसे मापना शासन की एक बड़ी चुनौती बनी हुई है। देश में मोबाइल-फोन की तेजी से बढ़ रही पहुंच को देखते, मुरलीधरन, नीहौस, सुखतंकर, और वीवर...

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Prevalence and evolution of dowry in India

Dowry payments are an important part of household finances in India, typically exceeding a year of earnings. This article analyses data from an all-India sample of over 70,000 marriages to document fa...

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Traditional hierarchies and affirmative action in a globalising economy: Evidence from India

India has had a long-standing policy of affirmative action to address deep-rooted caste inequities and discrimination. This article compares successive age cohorts of three broad social groups – Sched...

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