This policy is prompted by the state’s reported total fertility rate (TFR) of approximately 1.5, well below replacement level, and by demographic projections suggesting that nearly 23% of AP’s ...

The last day of 2025 was marked with a nationwide strike of food-delivery workers, spearheaded by independent gig workers’ unions such as the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union (TGPWU) and the ...

Indeed, since January 2026, in violation of international law, Cuba’s oil supply has been blocked by the armed forces of the United States (US), on the orders of President Donald Trump, who is even ...

It also signals the imperative to base Opposition to the ruling alliance and its ideology on a vision and programme of democratic empowerment and structuring of political power in a manner that braids ...

The approach of the Sixteenth Finance Commission in addressing the fiscal imbalances, both vertical and horizontal, is examined in this paper. The Sixteenth Finance Commission, while retaining the 41% ...

Chinthada Anand, a pastor from the Madiga Dalit community, filed a case under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) (PoA) Act, 1989 after being assaulted and abused on ...

EPW consults referees from a database of 200+ academicians in different fields of the social sciences on papers that are published in the Special Article and Notes sections. Click here for summary ...

For fiscally disciplined, high-economic contributing states such as Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu (TN), the expectation was that this commission would move meaningfully towards ...

EPW consults referees from a database of 200+ academicians in different fields of the social sciences on papers that are published in the Special Article and Notes sections. Click here for summary ...

What had appeared as a routine political announcement resulted in a violent agitation that gripped Itanagar, the state capital, within a matter of two months. While political leaders might have ...

Every few months, climate shocks—cloudbursts in the Himalayas, floods in drought-prone districts, and heat islands across large cities—remind us of the fragility of India’s development trajectory. The ...

The important features of the Sixteenth Finance Commission report include the discontinuation of revenue deficit grants; sector-specific or state-specific grants; changes in the horizontal ...