The Uttar Pradesh Paradox: why do states which send the highest proportion of female MPs to parliament also have such high gender inequality? Since his election, our Prime Minister has made the promotion of gender equality a central policy priority. On October 11th, he declared “[L]et us pledge to create an atmosphere of equality for […]
‘Make in India’ – a vision described by the Honorable Prime Minister Modi as he addressed the nation on August 15th,entails increased manufacturing, reduced imports and subsequently increased exports. As part of his vision, the PM also issued an invitation to global firms to set up manufacturing operations in India and for Indian youths to embrace […]
Background In early October, Piyush Goyal, the Minister of State for Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy, committed to making India a “renewable superpower.” India has long pledged to develop ‘a greener grid,’ through efforts such as the National Action Plan on Climate Change and the organization of a Global Renewable Energy Summit, to […]
Source: DISE 2013-14 Reports on Primary and Secondary Education, EDI Ranks out of 28 States including erstwhile United Andhra Jigyasa visualization: http://jigyasa.swaniti.in/data-analytics-2/sector-report?sector=GER Contextualizing the Thesis: PM Modi’s Teacher’s Day speech deserves a terrific amount of attention not just because it has been a mandated viewing in government schools but also because the speech carries the […]
In the wake of Nido Tania’s murder in Delhi in January 2014, the Bezbaruah Committee conducted a groundbreaking investigation into discrimination against people from the Northeast for the Ministry of Home Affairs. Swaniti has extended this research to examine the impact of recent Delhi police reforms intended to help people from the Northeast report crime. […]
Black umbrella and red booklets have taken over Delhi and our national newspaper as Parliament has come in to session in Delhi this month. As an Indian citizen it is often hard for me to remember what a MP is expected to do. Here is the shocker for most of you: NOTHING. Our Indian Constitution […]
The results of the elections to the 16th Lok Sabha are a cause for jubilation for some parties (one party in particular), downright dejection for some others, and perhaps a surprise for most. A lot has already been written and said about how this election was different from any other in recent memory, an ‘election […]
Your intelligence, your capacity for hard work, the education you have earned and received gives you unique status, and unique responsibilities. The way you vote, the way you live, the way you protest, the pressure you bring to bear on your government has an impact way beyond your borders. If you choose to use your […]
Dear Friends: It is with great excitement that we are launching Swaniti’s Governance Lab website, Jigyasa. Over the course of the past few years, as we have delved deeper in to the Fellowship we have realized how important it is to develop a program that focuses solely on developing a knowledge base. A turning point […]
I have been engaged in the realm of economic development for long. My training as an economist and academic researcher bolstered the theoretical underpinnings necessary for being a meaningful contributor to the cause of economic development. Working at the World Bank helped me put those theories in to practice and introduced me to the real […]