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Liberating the Poor from Deprivation: The Key to Sustainable Poverty Eradication in India

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Introduction Poverty is often narrowly understood as a lack of income. However, modern development thinking recognizes poverty as a multidimensional phenomenon involving deprivation of opportunities, capabilities, dignity, and basic rights. Nobel laureate Amartya Sen conceptualized poverty as a “capability deprivation,” emphasizing that real poverty lies in the inability of individuals to live lives they value….

Objectives of Population Education and Measures for Their Achievement in India

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Introduction Population growth has long been one of India’s most complex developmental challenges. With more than a billion people and immense regional, social, and economic diversity, managing population dynamics is not merely a demographic concern but a multidimensional issue linked to health, education, employment, gender equality, environmental sustainability, and quality of life. Recognizing this interconnection,…

The Role of the Gig Economy in the Empowerment of Women in India

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Introduction Over the past decade, India has witnessed a rapid transformation in the nature of work driven by digital platforms, mobile connectivity, and evolving labor markets. One of the most significant outcomes of this transformation has been the emergence of the gig economy—an employment model characterized by short-term contracts, freelance assignments, and task-based work mediated…

Tribal Knowledge Systems in Comparison with Mainstream Knowledge and Cultural Frameworks

Tribal Knowledge Systems vs Mainstream Culture

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Introduction Human societies have developed diverse systems of knowledge over thousands of years. While mainstream knowledge systems—largely shaped by formal education, scientific institutions, written traditions, and state governance—dominate contemporary discourse, tribal knowledge systems represent an equally profound but often underappreciated intellectual heritage. Tribal knowledge is rooted in lived experience, ecological intimacy, oral traditions, and collective…

Mid-Day Meal Scheme: Nutrition, Education, and Equity in India

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Introduction The Mid-Day Meal (MDM) Scheme is one of the world’s largest school-based feeding programmes and represents a unique convergence of education policy, social welfare, and nutrition security. Though widely perceived as a post-independence welfare intervention, the idea of providing meals to school children in India is nearly a century old, with its earliest institutional…

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