centreforneweconomicstudies

A Bill to Regulate Growing Population (of Muslims?) in India

Deep-diving into the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2020, Anirban Chanda and Sahil Bansal analyse the religious and legal implications of the amendment (particularly for Muslims).
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Immigration Politics – Trump’s Mexico Strategy and Its Ramifications

In this article, Akanksha Mishra explores the decisions involved in U.S.A’s anti-immigration strategy, the importance of internal politics of states such as Mexico and U.S.A and possible solutions to the Central American immigration crisis.
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From Caveat Emptor to Caveat Venditor; What does the new Consumer Protection Act mean for consumers today?

“Consumer is King; in the light of the Consumer Protection Act 2019 it can be said that this statement holds to be true.” Sarah Mir, analyses and explores the new Consumer Protection Act.
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The Economics of Discrimination

The Black Lives Matter protest and movement has shed light and drawn media attention to the harsh realities of discrimination. In this article, Advaita Singh explores discrimination and how it is closely related to economics. She offers insight into the nature and different forms of discrimination in the labour market.
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Blurry Borders: The Melting Peace in the Arctic

Deepanshu Singal explores the developing border tensions in the Arctic. It analyses the power dynamics and certain treaties that govern these not-so-well-defined borders. The discourse around the Arctic is becoming increasingly relevant due to climate change thawing sea-ice and opening up new opportunities in the regions and simultaneously states’ increasing thirst for monopolising over them.
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The invisible Highways : How the next tech revolution can prove doomsayers right?

Through this article, Vipul Gautam explores the problems and the doomsday fuss with technological advancements despite the prosperity it brought on.
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DISSENTER’S PERSPECTIVE: A READING OF KIHOTO HOLLOHAN

The state that aspires to achieve the objectives as noble as mentioned in our Constitution cannot proceed towards that end if a scope of blanket gag exists that can be issued at the whims of the masters within the political parties backed by the amendment to the Constitution.
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Laws and Social Evils- Why dowry still plagues us?

In both implicit and explicit ways, centuries of inequality have created a social order that allows systems such as patriarchy to create an environment which discriminates on arbitrary lines- such as gender.
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Quantum revolution its current status

This is a brief note on the current status of quantum revolution. Since our University has plans going on for building a complexity economics center (JSGP), which would be a novel interface between natural and social science, where the author is deeply involved , it is a good time we initiate a discussion on the…
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Apathy, Strikes, and Gender Norms- A Look at the ASHA Program

Through this article, Adit Shankar, provides an overview of the Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, focussing specifically on their remuneration structure and the gender dynamics surrounding their work, ending with a look at policy solutions. What emerges is a picture of utter neglect for arguably the most crucial grassroot-level…
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What will the post-COVID ‘New Normal’ look like for the World Order?

This article builds a case for a post-pandemic world order which is under transition today. It builds on theories of peace and security to analyse the critical U-turn countries are taking from liberal internationalism in political and socio-cultural nuances of world politics.
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Border to Boycott: A Glance at India’s ‘China-Nirbhar’ Economy

This article evaluates the practicality of India’s self-reliance scheme given its high dependence on Chinese imports.
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