This paper examines whether participation in workfare and food grain subsidy programs in India impacts health and …

three South Asian countries: India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Owing to data constraints, the discussion is limited to social …

This paper analyses the formal social security systems of India and Sri Lanka. While many of the social, demographic … for voluntary tax-advantaged private sector schemes are encouraging, particularly in India. The conditions for reforms are … more favourable now owing to hopeful signs of an end to longstanding conflict in Sri Lanka, and decade-long experience with …

examine the role of one of the world’s largest employment guarantee schemes, India’s MG-NREGA, in cushioning job losses in one …

to Indian households. The government has accepted that social protection should be an integral part of India's economic …

We examine the effect of social schemes in India on women empowerment, fertility & female welfare. The balancing … they were enacted. The Directive Principles of Constitutional Law of India empowers government to create exceptions in …

, Medical Insurance, Maternity Benefit, Compensation and Gratuity are useful in India. The efficiency, extent of coverage … provided to the labours in India …

Telangana, India. The entire households in the village were surveyed on census basis. The benefits accrued to the villagers were …

time to time by the state or its agencies. This dependent benefit finds its scope purely from welfare scheme of India which … appointment. The article explores the significance of compassionate appointment in addressing the social security issues in India …