Most poverty estimates based on household consumption surveys assume equal distribution of resources among household members. The paper relaxed this assumption by using household expenditure data on ...

EPW consults referees from a database of 200+ academicians in different fields of the social sciences on papers that are ...

Kerala has had frequent recurrences of climate-related calamities in recent years. Over the last decade, the frequency of landslides as well as the number of fatalities and property damage caused by ...

This mobilisation has gained greater visibility since the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) rise to national power in 2014. Women have played an active role in advancing campaigns such as “love jihad,” ...

Migration-driven urbanisation is a key feature in contemporary India. Internal migration of workers in India is often embedded in a complex socio-economic dynamic shaped by structural barriers, ...

Taken amid the slow but steady disappearance of the mentions of Kim Jong-Un’s predecessors (Park 2024), an emergent pattern offers much to understanding the DPRK’s current issues and options under a ...

India’s inflation targeting framework should consider targeting inflation, excluding food. Higher food prices are, more often, not demand-induced but supply-induced. Short-run monetary policy tools ...

The systematic dilution of flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) system retrofitting requirement, a pollution control technology, in mid-2025, after extending the deadline for its implementation several ...

Caste pride has yet again claimed a life in Tamil Nadu. On 27 July, Kavin Selvaganesh—a 27-year-old engineer—was brutally hacked to death in public by his partner’s brother, Surjith, who surrendered ...

Immovable points of view often lead to fissures between communities, and if it is about lands tied to ethnicity, the conflict ...

EPW consults referees from a database of 200+ academicians in different fields of the social sciences on papers that are ...

EPW consults referees from a database of 200+ academicians in different fields of the social sciences on papers that are ...