This note provides an estimate of incidence of poor and poverty risk in India across NSS regions for 2004-05 and 2009-10 in rural and urban areas. It raises concern on increasing poverty risk and also incidence of poor in some regions. These are not necessarily among the relatively worse-off...

The acreage under the transgenic Bt cotton seeds in India has risen significantly since its legalization in the year 2002. Discussions on the advantages from the technology have focused on increments in productivity and income, without much analysis on risk. We point out that claims on...

Provision of modern energy services for cooking (with gaseous fuels) and lighting (with electricity) is an essential component of any policy aiming to address health, education or welfare issues; yet it gets little attention from policy-makers. Secure, adequate, low-cost energy of quality and...

Introduction : the COVID-19 pandemic, challenges, and policy / Indranil De, Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, and Kingshuk Sarkar -- Policy response to pandemic : COVID-19 SOPs and guidelines / Shyam Singh -- The dichotomies of management and governance in the COVID-19 pandemic...