“Punjab, as an agricultural region, plays a pivotal role in the nation’s food security, primarily through its dominant rice-wheat cropping system. Covering over 80% of its cultivated land, this intensive farming practice has contributed 21% of India’s rice and 31% of its wheat production during 2021-22, despite occupying a mere 1.5% of the country’s geographical […]
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A Tuition Market: An Alarm Bell One of the markets in Ludhiana, the largest city of Punjab, has a strangely funny name: Tuition market. A significant proportion of the “market” is filled with coaching centres – training students mostly in IELTS, in addition to competitive exams such as JEE and NEET. Another similar site in […]
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Originally published in the Bar and Bench “Proposals for structural reforms within state/administrative institutions have disproportionately prioritised the executive and legislative branches, neglecting the imperative for commensurate attention to judicial administration. It is opportune to redress this imbalance by advocating for similar efficiency reforms within the judicial domain, especially digital.” Resisting the allure of ‘isomorphic […]
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Originally published in Moneycontrol Despite a vision document spelling out the precarious situation of the present and enlisting the steps needed to become a Developed Punjab by 2047, Budget 2023-24 failed to stick to the path of fiscal consolidation, and instead cut back on much needed expenditure needed to sustain human capital, industry and infrastructure […]
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