Author: LexQuest Foundation
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Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana: A Suggestive Approach for Supported Motherhood
By Sanidhya Sadanand Nayak, Bangalore Institute of Legal Studies, Bengaluru. Not many in India discuss miscarriages, failed pregnancies or stillbirths, often blaming fate rather than broaching the matter diagnostically. The connection between the ill-health of the woman and the failure of pregnancy is hardly ever noticed, let alone acknowledged. In a country where more than half of…
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The Policy Troupe: Almora Deliberation
We are committed to facilitate the learning curve for all potential leaders and change-makers as far as policy awareness, formulation and assessment is concerned. The Policy Troupe, our residential policy innovation workshop, has therefore been designed to nurture and fuel your thoughts, and initiate you into the realm of public policy. How does it work?…
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Foreign Direct Investment: The Conundrum Explained
By Bhumesh Verma, Managing Partner, Corp Comm Legal. Foreign Direct Investment or FDI, as it is called in common parlance, has become the fuel which is essential to sustain and develop any country’s economy. Developing countries such as India, require significant and consistent infusion of foreign investments in their economy in order to maintain a…
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Understanding Cooperatives: Constitution (97th Amendment) Act, 2011
By Aashna Aggarwal, Delhi Metropolitan Education, IP University, Noida. The concept of co-operatives is not new to man. It actually dates back to man himself and today they are a universal form of organisation, which is found in almost all the countries.
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LexQuest’s 2nd National Article Writing Competition, 2018
To commemorate the 127th Birth Anniversary year of the Father of our Constitution, Lexquest is initiating a drive, to engage and ideate with you, thereby working in the direction of enriching thoughts and encouraging actions. At the same time, keeping in line with the Preamble envisaged by the visionary, Baba Saheb Ambedkar, we aspire to…
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My Preparation for the Battle of IPU Common Entrance Test
By Samridhi Talwar, University School of Law and Legal Studies, New Delhi. The University School of Law and Legal Studies is a part of the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. Nestled in Dwarka, this college is well known amongst students wishing to pursue the profession of law. I didn’t even have a vague idea about the…
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Freedom, but for whom?
By Parth Govilkar, School of Law, University of Mumbai. In an unparalleled move by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry on 2nd April, 2018, a directive was issued, stating that, the journalists who would be found guilty of writing or broadcasting fake news would have their accreditation withdrawn for a limited period or permanently, depending upon the…
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Of Privileged Indians: Note from One to the Others
By Adv. Tanya Chandra, Co-Founder, LexQuest. Sometimes, it dawns upon us that being born into privilege of any kind, in an underdeveloped country, changes the course of our priorities, and it is indeed a safety net, hence an escape route from a life of deprivation, oppression, indignity and neglect that millions of the same country…
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Mega Food Park: A Journey from the Soil to the Stomach
By Parth Govilkar, School of Law, University of Mumbai. India, a land of ironies, a country not only known for farming but also for the highest suicide rate of farmers; where a farmer produces crops for the people of the entire country, but himself sleeps on an empty stomach; where a farmer sweats out his life…
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Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018: A Pressing Need of the Hour
By Shivangi Singh, Amity Law School, Lucknow. Trafficking of persons is a serious crime and a grave violation of human rights. Every year, thousands of men, women and children fall into the hands of traffickers, in their own countries and abroad. Almost every country in the world is affected by trafficking, whether as a country…