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Government of India passed the Women’s Reservation Bill (WRB) through 106th amendment to the Indian constitution on 19 September 2023 during the special session of parliament.

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This idea can be traced back to the speech given by former Japanese Prime Minister (PM) Shinzo Abe in 2007 to the Parliament.

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The blatantly partisan actions of Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala in the aftermath of the Karnataka Assembly elections in 2018, which had thrown up a hung result, call for the need to scrutinise the post and functioning of governors within India’s constitutional scheme. Such malfeasance on the part of governors is not recent and their supposedly neutral role has always been more a pious hope than a reality. The need of the hour is serious constitutional reform, whether by the legislature or by

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Over the past decades, academicians have emphasised the importance of examining essentialist patriarchal definitions of “manhood” while questi

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The recent “replacement” of the Maha­tma Gandhi National Rural Emp­loyment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with a rival act was e

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Interventions generate awareness about a current trending news topic and enable more informed debates and critique.

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Maternity benefits of at least `6,000 per child are a legal right of all Indian women under the National Food Security Act, 2013. In practice, a large majority are still deprived of maternity benefits. A recent survey, conducted in six states of North India, reveals that pregnant women’s basic needs for nutritious food, proper rest, and healthcare are rarely satisfied. Among the women who had recently delivered a child, about half had eaten less than the usual during pregnancy and nearly 40% com

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The fund allocations of the Union Budget 2022–23 to education are analysed in the context of the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the education sector and the implementation of the National Education Policy, 2020.

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The recommendations, if accepted, would shift power from Parliament to "independent" bodies run by nominated experts and subject to scrutiny by a legal framework that might be capable

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