Author: LexQuest Foundation
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The POCSO (Amendment) Bill, 2019: Enough To Stop Child Sexual Abuse?
By Shivangi Pandey, Research Associate, Human Rights and Social Justice Policies According to the National Crime Records Bureau’s data collected in 2018, 109 children are sexually abused everyday. The Protection of Children against Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill 2019, (POCSO Bill 2019) which amended the 2012 Act brought out by the government has been an effort…
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The Ordeal of Manual Scavenging: Tracing the Evolution of India’s Mitigation Policies
By Khushi Pamnani, Research Associate, Human Rights and Social Justice Policies The UN defines manual scavenging as the practice of manually cleaning, carrying, disposing or handling in any manner, human excreta from dry latrines and sewers. Upon collection of the excreta in containers like thin boards, baskets, and buckets, manual scavengers are then responsible to…
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Sustainable Measures for Revamping Urbanisation and Environmental Policies
We organized a one-day public policy Symposium on Urbanisation and Environmental Policies for students and young professionals in New Delhi. It was aimed at reflecting on environmental policies and analyzing their impact on the contemporary urban growth landscape of our country. The discussions and presentations were focused on the need to improve the present legal…
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India’s Performance on the UN Human Development Index: Walking on the Path of Socio-Economic Progress
The Index (HDI) is relevant as it shows the impact of policies – economic and social – on the lives of citizens, illustrates potential lacunae in policy implementation and formulation by highlighting the real effects of public policies through statistical analysis and emphasises the need for economic growth that leads to social development.
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FAME India – Phase 2: Lack of Success in the Face of Policy Deficiencies
By Keerthana Chavaly, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, New Delhi. Phase 2 of FAME India, which is a part of the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP) 2020, aims to reinvigorate the push for clean energy and address the drawbacks of Phase 1 by increasing the use of environmentally friendly electric vehicles through investing…
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Social Policies in India: Evolving Causes and Effects
By Viswanadha Modali, Research Associate, Policy To understand the evolution and impact of social policies in India, we must first define the often misunderstood term “social policy”. The London School of Economics very succinctly defines it as a policy ‘concerned with the ways societies across the world meet human needs for security, education, work, health…
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The Feat of Ecologically Sensitive Urbanisation: What India can learn from its Asian peers
By Riya Mathur, SRCC, New Delhi. Given that the purpose of urbanization for any developing country is to produce highly efficient urban areas for better consumption and efficient management of resources and ensuring public welfare, India needs a concrete structure to embark on this journey. In a time when rural to urban migration is high…
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Ethanol Production in India: Green Fuel Policy for a Cleaner Future
By Prachi Mishra, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore & Riya Mathur, SRCC, Delhi. The growing global consciousness in regard to the impending doom of climate change, has finally managed to startle governments and policy makers to endorse sustainable legislation. In most developing countries, fuel for industry, commute and domestic usage alike makes up the largest…
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Civic Architects: The Policy Generation Group
In a democracy, people and their well being is at the core of an exemplary public policy mechanism, which is why proactive mass action can determine the fate of the policies that the State formulates. It is thus crucial that people demand sustainable solutions for existing concerns that deserve carefully crafted policies. We believe that…
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An Insight into India’s Wage Policies
The government’s intent to strengthen the minimum wage policies through the “Codes on Wages”, 2019 is noteworthy, but it fails to uplift the lives of the workforce as desired. Through the analysis of various wage policies of India, we can point out two major drawbacks in our present policies. One, lack of coordination among State…