News: The recent case involving the son of a famous celebrity highlighted the “bail-jail” connectivity issue. A recent case has highlighted an important issue, that grant of bail by a court does not automatically immediately releases an accused. Bail orders are required to be deposited in the physical letterbox of prisons, within a timeframe of… Continue reading What we need to fix our judicial system

News: India has announced its environmental targets are Glasgow. To achieve those targets efficiently, India needs a climate law. Our Prime Minister has recently a ‘Panchamrit solution’ which aims at reducing fossil fuel dependence and carbon intensity (reduce one billion tonnes of total projected carbon emissions by 2030). But before adopting new energy pathways, we… Continue reading The right time for India to have its own climate law

News: Categorising farmers based on dependence on farm income, land ownership is inappropriate. Harish Damodaran and Samridhi Agarwal argue that India’s farming population is much smaller than is usually estimated. They used the 2019 Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households (SAAH) survey to establish their argument. They claim that while the official estimate of the number… Continue reading How to define a farmer

News: An improvement in global trade scenario provides an ideal setting for Trade Ministers to revisit trade rules which can help maintain the momentum in trade growth. The World Trade Organization (WTO)’s 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) is being convened in Geneva, Switzerland at the end of this month. The MC12 is being held at an… Continue reading Charting a trade route after the MC12