Blogs
Year: 2019
Making DISHA meetings effective at the level of Districts-Possible options
Nilachala Acharya
Public goods and services are characterised by non-rivalry in consumption and non-excludability in provision. Hence, it is very difficult to ascertain the effectiveness of public provisioning using...
How is DISHA implemented on the ground: A reality check?
Nilachala Acharya
Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, announced the formation of the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DDCMC), termed as “DISHA” in July 2016. DISHA...
Financial Performance of MGNREGS in Balasore District, Odisha
Naresh Kumar Nayak
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) aims to provide secure livelihood opportunities to the rural population of the country by generating 100 days of employment to each...
Physical Performance of MGNREGS in Balasore District (Odisha)
Mampi Bose
Balasore is one of the coastal districts of Odisha with an area of 3806 sq.km, of which almost 9 per cent is forest land. It is located in the northern part of the state. The district is primarily a...
Mental Illness: Why are we not talking about it?
Trisha Agarwala
Mental illness: Stigma, taboo or confusion? When the word ‘mentally ill’ or ‘depressed’, is uttered various images are conjured in one’s mind but most of all it is a topic that people...
Why the uproar about increasing cesses and surcharges
Malini Chakravarty
Lately, you might have come across two terminologies - cesses and surcharges - being discussed frequently in the media. It is possible you may have even wondered if cesses and surcharges levied by...
A Safe Public Transport System: An Enabler to Women’s Participation in the Workforce
Shuchita Rawal
Indian women contribute just 18 per cent of national GDP, one of the lowest proportions in the world. This reflects the fact that only 25 per cent of India’s labour force is female. Further, India...
Lines We Cross: ‘Women’, Intersectionality and the Global South
Sakshi Rai
In 2015, Nivedita Menon’s published an article on “Is Feminism about ‘Women’? A Critical View on Intersectionality from India”. The article scrutinises intersectionality as a universal...
15th Finance Commission: Is shrinking fiscal space the only concern for the states?
Simonti Chakraborty
The Terms of Reference (TOR) of the 15th Finance Commission (15th FC) has met with several criticisms ever since its publication on 27th November 2017. Experts have explicitly expressed concerns...
Championing Tax Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific
Sakshi Rai
There is no denying that the global financial system is broken. A recent report by UNESCAP shows that income inequality has grown in almost 40 percent of all Asia-Pacific countries, coinciding with...
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