Author: LexQuest Foundation
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North East Gas Grid Project: Can we Promote Natural Gas as a Sustainable Fuel?
On January 8th, 2020, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved funding of INR 5,559 Crore for the North-East Gas Grid project. The proposed length of the gas grid pipeline is 1,656 km. The Project will connect Guwahati in Assam to major cities in the North-East Region– Itanagar, Dimapur, Kohima, Gangtok, and Numaligarh to name…
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National Health Policy, 2017: A Favorable Development with Room for Change
The Constitution of India makes every State responsible for “raising the level of nutrition and the standard of living of its people and the improvement of public health as among its primary duties”. But the healthcare system in India exhibits numerous challenges in its access, affordability, quality and coverage in urban and rural areas. To…
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Energy Access in India: Is the Disadvantaged Strata Excluded?
Around 940 billion people in the world do not have access to electricity and more than 3 billion people suffer because of lack of access to clean cooking fuels. Since independence, India has made substantial progress, however, it has a huge population, deprived of access to energy, chiefly amongst the vulnerable sections of its population.…
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The Policy Dialogue: Policies for Access to Clean Energy in India
We are organizing an online policy awareness and deliberation session on the subject of Policies for Access to Clean Energy in India Date: 27th June, 2020. Timings: 7:00 p.m. to 7:40 p.m. Event Portal: Zoom Although India is one of the emerging economies with immense growth potential for renewable sources of energy, data suggests that…
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Housing Migrant Workers: The Biggest Ambiguity in Labour Policies Framework?
According to the 2011 Census, India has 5.6 crore inter-state migrants, which is 33% less than the number that was observed in the previous census conducted in 2001. This population is mainly employed by the unorganised/informal sector and plays a significant role in the accelerated growth story of India’s urban infrastructure. The current policies have…
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Social Security Policies for Migrant Labour: Struggles of Data Deficiency
Coronavirus outbreak and the consequent nationwide lockdown has impacted nearly 40 million internal migrants, as per the World Bank, because of the uncertainty of their living conditions and their excludability in any specific demographic. The current pandemic saw an exodus of migrant workers, which made everybody unsure of the actual number of people who work…
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The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Bill, 2019: Revamping AYUSH for Improved Health Care Policies
The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Bill, 2019 was formulated to integrate the medical and research institutions dealing with the Indian System of Medicine (ISM), under a national commission.The necessity of this Bill was in question because of the existence of the Central Council of Indian Medicine under the Indian Medicine Central Council…
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India’s COVID-19 Challenge: Assessing Health Services’ Response to a National Crisis
The most developed countries, despite their vast and advanced health care facilities still cannot effectively deal with the COVID-19 situation without a top-notch approach in policy making and implementation, as is the case with the USA. More importantly, there is a strong need for action to ensure that these policies do not hinder the extension…