Author: LexQuest Foundation
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The Policy Dialogue: Social Security Policies for Migrant Labour in India
We are organizing a virtual policy awareness and deliberation session on the subject of Social Policies for Migrant Labour in India. Date: 30th May 2020. Timings: 5:00 p.m. to 5:40 p.m. Event Portal: Zoom As a fall out of the recent pandemic, the life of migrant laborers has become a daily challenge accompanied by constant…
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The Draft Social Security Code, 2019: Illusion of Benefits for India’s Workforce?
By Abhiudaya Verma, Research Associate, Policy With layoffs and pay-cuts starting in various firms all over the world, most economists are of the view that the economic crisis due to corona could be as bad as the 2008 financial crisis and that recession is inevitable. Experts also urged various Indian companies to avoid layoffs and…
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The COVID-19 Challenge: Tackling the Policy Plague of Social Inequalities
By Anushka Gutte, Research Associate, Policy In late December, 2019, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission of China reported a number of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, Hubei province. Surfaced in the Chinese seafood and poultry, it was soon identified to be the novel corona virus. As of this writing, the corona virus outbreak has caused over…
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Access to Clean Cooking Fuel in India: Aspiring for Gas Pipeline while struggling for LPG
By Anushka Gutte & Mrigakshi Tandon, Research Associates, Policy In May 2016, the government launched the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana that aimed at providing 5 crore Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) connections in the name of women of the Below Poverty Line (BPL) household. Research suggests that only 18 percent of rural households in India have…
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The Policy Dialogue: Animal Agriculture and Food Policies
We are organising a virtual policy awareness and deliberation session on the subject of Animal Agriculture and Food Policies in India. Date: 9th May, 2020. Timings: 3:00 p.m. to 3:40 p.m. Event Portal: Zoom Given the massive impact of the current pandemic and the role of zoonotic viruses that are possibly the outcome of our…
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The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020: A Progressive Starting Point with Enough Room for Change
By Anushka Gutte, Research Associate, Policy On March 17, 2020 the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha through a voice vote. The Bill seeks to amend the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 by primarily proposing four changes. The Bill comes at a time when unsafe abortion is the…
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Bride Trafficking: Policy Interventions for an Under-Reported Plague
Bride trafficking is the illegal industry of purchasing brides as a property for due consideration. Organized traffickers sell girls and women as brides who are conned into a life of abuse, exploitation and slavery. Be it Haryana, Assam or Rajasthan, the Indian “Bride Bazaar” predominantly flourishes in parts of the country where the sex ratio…
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Legal Journey of Section 377- A Relentless Battle of Expression and Recognition
By Abhiudaya Verma, Research Associate, Policy The legal fight in Singapore against Section 377A of Singapore Penal Code, which can be called a close counterpart of the Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), is set to go further. On March 30th, 2020 the High Court of Singapore dismissed the plea to declare section…
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Animal Agriculture: Tracing the Roots of Injustice and Scope for the Future
Humans have gone from relying on nature to provide for resources, to manipulating nature to produce resources as per their will. Amidst all our self-serving advancements, we may not realize the simultaneous growth of a self destructive culture growing in our periphery. It is the rapid growth of Animal Agriculture, which we need to acknowledge…
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Right to Menstrual Health in India: From an Outdated Period Drama to Actionable Rights & Policies
The lack of constructive community dialogue in place proves to be the paramount reason behind the barrier in ensuring menstrual health. Giving menstrual health the precedence of a medical concern may prove to be a more tactical approach to the problem. However, in order to do so there is a pressing need for a safe…