News: In a recent two-judge bench of the Delhi High Court gave a split ruling on marital rape. It ensured a future hearing of the matter with a larger bench. Why marital rape has not been criminalized yet? First, the concepts of rape and marriage have been seen as mutually exclusive, i.e. they could not… Continue reading Marital rape is rape: Why modern India still won’t accept this
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WHO’s Methodology Has Been Robust’
News: Recently, the World Health Organisation estimated the excess mortality caused by the pandemic Contents1 What is the scope of WHO’s estimate? 2 India’s institutional measures for recording death 3 What are the issues in the estimation of excess mortality?4 Why WHO approach and its estimation about the bulk of the excess deaths in 2021 is correct? 5… Continue reading WHO’s Methodology Has Been Robust’
Why the sedition law must go
News: Most recently, the Supreme Court directed the Union government and the states to refrain from using the law of sedition. In addition, the Supreme Court has also kept all previous cases under Section 124A of the IPC in abeyance till the matter is reconsidered in a comprehensive way. Argument against the Sedition law The… Continue reading Why the sedition law must go
With delimitation over, a look at the slate for J&K
News: In recent, the Delimitation Commission awards for redrawn map for Jammu and Kashmir’s Assembly has been notified. Background The State’s Assembly had been dissolved. It was under President’s rule. Thereafter, the State of J&K had been divided into two Union Territories under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019. And fresh elections could be… Continue reading With delimitation over, a look at the slate for J&K
The India hypertension control initiative
News: A project called the India Hypertension Control Initiative (IHCI) finds that nearly 23% out of 2.1 million Indians have uncontrolled blood pressure. Contents1 What is Hypertension?2 What is the IHCI?3 What has the IHCI found so far?4 How prevalent is the problem of hypertension? What is Hypertension? Hypertension was defined as having systolic blood… Continue reading The India hypertension control initiative
On the question of notifying minorities
News: A public interest litigation (PIL) under the consideration of the Supreme Court of India has challenged the power of the Centre to notify minority communities at a national level. Contents1 Who are the minority communities at national level?2 Who is a minority and who decides that?3 What does the PIL argue?4 How has the… Continue reading On the question of notifying minorities
On marital rape: The importance of consent
Context: A split verdict in the Delhi High Court on the question of criminalising marital rape has reignited the controversy over legal protection for disregard of consent for sex within marriage. Contents1 What has happened?2 On what points did the judges differ with each other?3 What is the stance of the Central Govt on the… Continue reading On marital rape: The importance of consent
India’s biggest policy challenge
News: Recently, the Periodic Labour Force Survey’s latest quarterly bulletin was released last week. Findings of PLFS The unemployment rate for workers of 15 years or above in urban areas came down from 10.3% during October-December 2020 to 8.7% in October-December 2021. The labour force participation rate (LFPR) has also increased marginally from 46.9% in… Continue reading India’s biggest policy challenge
An inflation focus that neglects growth could lead to stagflation
News: Recently, the International Monetary Fund published statistics on actual inflation rates and growth rates in the world in economy group-wise which also include corresponding figures for India, for the period 2015-2019, 2020, 2021 and projections for 2022. Contents1 What are the findings? 2 What are the factors underlying inflation? 3 What are the macroeconomic policy responses… Continue reading An inflation focus that neglects growth could lead to stagflation
Explained: What’s causing high inflation and where?
News: India’s retail inflation rose by 7.79% in April, according to the latest data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Inflation in food items rose by even higher — 8.38% in April — according to the MoSPI’s Consumer Food Price Index. However, the biggest jump was registered in fuel prices, which rose… Continue reading Explained: What’s causing high inflation and where?
