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31 Jan 2021 The three-pronged idea of citizenship germinating at the constitutional moment as status, rights, and identity have undergone significant transformations since the Constitution was drafted. In this Special Issue on Citizenship, we take the occasion of the Republic Day to look back at the historical and material conditions surrounding the citizenship debates in the Constituent Assembly, as well as in the everyday lives of ordinary citizens who negotiated, resisted, or facilitated legal belongings with the state. The ‘undesirable’ (Muslim) immigrant emerged as a legal category;...

The RTI Act has been systematically assaulted by successive governments to blunt its efficacy Updated: Updated: January 30, 2021 20:58 IST Governments have chipped away at the RTI Act, making their actions less and less accountable and transparent to the people Share Article AAA A picture shot in 2009, of survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy waiting outside the Prime Minister’s Office in New Delhi with RTI applications.   | Photo Credit: V. Sudershan Governments have chipped away at the RTI Act, making their actions less and less accountable and transparent to the people For 24 years, un...

How caste oppression is institutionalised in India’s sanitation jobs Despite modernisation, waste management remains one of the most underpaid and dangerous jobs in the country. Chandan Khanna / AFP This is an excerpt from the sixth edition of the India Exclusion Report, a collaborative effort involving institutions and individuals working with a shared notion of social and economic equity, justice and rights. The report seeks to inform public opinion around exclusion and the role of the state and to influence policy-making towards creating a more inclusive, equitable and just society. ...

It’s time India thinks harder about our policies for children – our future depends on it We must secure for children a life of dignity with equity and sustainability as a larger public good. Jan 16, 2021 · 09:30 am A migrant worker and his daughter wait to get food at a camp in Chennai in April. | Arun Sankar / AFP This is an excerpt from the sixth edition of the India Exclusion Report, a collaborative effort involving institutions and individuals working with a shared notion of social and economic equity, justice and rights. The report seeks to inform public op...

Updated: Share Article AAA A report highlighting the experience of vulnerable groups in accessing citizenship, early childhood care and education, public employment and protected wages in 2019 and 2020, till the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, was released on Saturday. The India Exclusion Report 2019-2020 of the Centre for Equity Studies, with chapters authored by economists Jayati Ghosh and Prabhat Patnaik, among others, was released during a webinar. CES director and editor of the report Harsh Mander wrote that there was “brazen class bias” in the government’s policies, including...