The impact of prolonged economic slowdown, agrarian distress, demonetisation, the goods and services tax, and the COVID-19 ...

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Writings from the Sundarbans edited by Indranil Acharya and Sayantan Dasgupta, Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan Private Limited, ...

This article critically analyses the pervasive issue of discrimination in India's healthcare system, focusing on the Muslim ...

Since 2004–05, the proportion of agricultural workers in the total workforce has declined rapidly. This trend slowed after 2012 and reversed during the pandemic, with signs of recovery evident in 2022 ...

An Overview of Change in a Banana-growing Village in Maharashtra In the mainstream literature, commercialisation of agriculture is studied in a linear fashion as a process of growth of surplus.

Drawing on longitudinal data from a Dalit-majority village in eastern Uttar Pradesh, change in household incomes is quantified and sources of income growth are identified. While household income has ...

The consolidation of agricultural lands by dominant socio-economic groups is discussed in the context of contemporary debate on the land question by foregrounding market-led land transfers as a driver ...

Socio-economic, Labour, and Migration Trends from an Original Longitudinal Household Survey In a context marked by many structural changes and high inequalities, longitudinal studies appear to be ...

The recent remarks on menstrual leave in the Indian Parliament raise many issues about the states’ understanding of menstruation and women’s body. The frequently used argument against menstrual leave ...