public policy

World Suicide Prevention Day | We need to recognise that suicide is a societal failure. To change this, we need policy makers, people, and the media to collaborate.

While it claims to be a demand-based scheme with an elastic budget, NREGA’s failure to support the rural economy in 2021 indicates otherwise.

How did India’s Public Distribution System adapt during COVID-19 and what can other social protection schemes learn from it?

In order to succeed, policies for women’s economic empowerment must be designed using a gender lens.

The work crunch due to COVID-19 has put pressure on labour rights, with workers having to do as their companies demand, or lose their jobs.

Ahead of Budget 2021, India needs to rethink its overall strategy for the investment of public funds.

The working class bears a disproportionate burden of the economic fallout of COVID-19.

In order to cut through the noise surrounding the farm bills, IDR has curated select articles and videos that explain the impact of these bills on farmers.

Improving compliance with the existing law on the prohibition of child marriage will be more effective than raising the minimum age of marriage.

India’s agricultural sector is projected to see a significant reduction in supply, demand, and value. Here’s how we can safeguard farmers through it.