To say that Benegal was a conscious communicator would be stating the obvious. To watch, listen, observe and learn from his life and works would be a master class in history communication and a ...

The introduction of the “Bharat Rice” initiative in India exemplifies efforts to mitigate food inflation and enhance food security. By offering rice at subsidised rates, the initiative aims to reduce ...

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The recently enacted Industrial Relations Code, 2020 introduces a provision which says that if an existing trade union has a membership of at least 51% of workers, it becomes the sole bargaining agent ...

The Forest Conservation Rules, 2022 in India materialised an alliance between the centralisation of environmental control and exemptions for capitalist interests. This could be seen as a ...

The proposed changes to pre-grant opposition procedures and their potential consequences, and the indirect implications of these amendments to patent rulee on addressing non-working or hoarding of ...

Technological sovereignty is an imperative for strategic autonomy. This has been India’s Achilles heel since independence. To achieve this, an interdisciplinary understanding of various technological ...

“I will have one chicken biriyani and a coca-cola. What about you?” Abu asked his mentor once they were comfortably seated at Kareems in Delhi. The EPW produces independent and public-spirited ...

Having set out to do fieldwork in the middle of COVID-19, a researcher reflects on the complexities of balancing motherhood and research in the face of a pandemic.

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 ...

While the green revolution has been criticised on political, economic, and ecological grounds, it undeniably played a critical role in increasing crop yields and ensuring food security. This paper ...

A comparison of costs, yields, and returns from natural farming versus chemical farming in Andhra Pradesh during 2019–20 saw natural farming in better stead compared to chemical farming. The claim ...