Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The study used partial least squares-structural equation model and found that foreign direct investment and research and development expenditures have a positive relationship with high technology exports (indicator for technological advancement), whereas technical cooperation grants have a negative relationship with HTE in India.

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Delaying the Census

Vol. 57, Issue No. 24, 11 Jun, 2022

Aditi chaudhary, Nandlal Mishra

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Budget 2021–22 on Health

Vol. 56, Issue No. 9, 27 Feb, 2021

D Narayana

The budget speech on 1 February 2021 announced an allocation of over `2.2 lakh crore to health and well-being, at 137% higher compared to BE 2020–21. The Fifteenth Finance Commission emphasised the need for strengthening the COVID-19-ravaged health sector by recommending sector-specific grants. The government did not accept the recommendation and, if we discount the health component in the local government grants, the budget allocation for the sector has increased by hardly 10% compared to the 2019–20 actuals.

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Introspecting Human Development

Vol. 56, Issue No. 4, 23 Jan, 2021

Balakrushna Padhi, Udaya S Mishra

Inclusive development is juxtaposed with human development. It is argued that for development to have a human face, human development approach is the only answer.

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Women’s Unpaid Work

Vol. 54, Issue No. 23, 08 Jun, 2019

Neetha N

Mainstreaming Unpaid Work: Time Use Data in Developing Policies edited by Indira Hirway, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2017; pp 430, ₹ 1,195.

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Smart Cities Need Smart Villages

Vol. 53, Issue No. 12, 24 Mar, 2018

Shailaja Fennell, John Holmes, Bernie Jones

The current Smart Cities Mission needs to be linked to India’s villages. The lacuna in the current mission mandate can be filled by directly addressing the opportunities provided by renewable off-grid production to increase employment and diversification in the rural economy, with a particular focus on India’s rural youth.