India took its first step towards regulating non-fungible tokens when the Finance Bill of 2022, in particular Section 2(47A) and notifications 74 and 75 of 2022, were introduced. However, these...
Commentary
Commentary
The possibility of another hung assembly in Meghalaya looms large with no single party apparently looking capable of winning a majority of seats and no prepoll alliances so far. It is a matter of...
A public interchange among some leading macroeconomists suggests a change in the way inflation is perceived by the profession. It is increasingly being recognised that inflation can be the outcome of...
The plan to transition from a three-year to a four-year undergraduate programme has implications on the standard of higher education. Many universities have adopted the FYUP by an executive order of...
The asymmetrical arrangements in political and administrative aspects of the act rooted in historico-geographical, institutional, and constitutional obscurities are interrogated, especially...
The reservation for the economically weaker section has received wider political support, and now with the Supreme Court’s pronouncement in its favour has made it infallible. However, the judiciary...
An increasing number of lawyers and parliamentarians have been mooting to make election manifestos a legally binding document by holding the political parties accountable for their manifesto promises...
The extent and nature of intergovernmental transfers to our cities from the higher levels of governments have not been paid adequate attention in the report. International experience from both...
Indian cities, in the last few years, have shown substantial inclination towards rail-based transit-oriented development as a tool to make them more competitive in terms of liveability, at a global...
The objective of this article is to put forward a modest hypothesis to test, namely “to politicise caste in Bengal, it needs to be taken out from the fold of Hindu religion.” The category needs to be...
The presence of a large informal sector as the mainstay of semi-skilled and unskilled workers raises questions on how the adoption of minimum wage in the formal sector could affect job opportunities...
The Covid-19 pandemic and the associated lockdowns have added to the unpaid household labour for women. However, to what extent is this event unique in doing so? In this article, we try to place the...
The introduction of the Chief Minister’s Breakfast Scheme in government and aided schools is a timely intervention to ensure nutritious food for children aged between five and nine. The salient...
The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 is contrary to the expectation that numerous versions should translate to a robust draft. Although it prescribes some core data protection principles...
The rejuvenation of textile industry post 2017 and the government’s claim of doubling the per capita income of handloom workers from the year 2016 to 2020 has been contradictory to the Fourth All...
