-The Hindu Public choice refers to an economic approach towards the study of politics. American Nobel laureate JAMes Buchanan, a prominent member of the Virginia school of political economy, characterised the public choice approach to politics as the study of “politics without romance.” Public choice theorists assume that politicians and bureaucrats who run the government of a country are self-interested individuals who primarily look after their own selfish interests. This is in...
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Over 30% Women from 14 States, UT Justify Beating by Husbands: NFHS
-PTI/ News18.com The lowest population of women that justified beating by husbands was in Himachal Pradesh (14.8 per cent). Over 30 per cent women from 14 of the 18 states and Union Territories that were surveyed justify men beating their wives under certain circumstances, while lesser percentage of men rationalised such behaviour, according to the recent National Family Health Survey (NHFS). According to NHFS-5, over 75 per cent women justified men beating their...
More »Constitution Day: What Nine Pending Cases Say About the Rights India’s Citizens Enjoy -Jahnavi Sen
-TheWire.in In high courts across the country and in the Supreme Court, a number of cases are pending relating to basic rights India's citizens are supposed to enjoy. New Delhi: Seventy-two years ago on this day, the Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution of India. Two months after that, on January 26, 1950, the country’s Constitution came into effect. But how has the implementation of our constitutional rights and safeguards been going? In high...
More »Kerala, Tamil Nadu among least poor states in India; Bihar, Jharkhand poorest: Niti Aayog
-The New Indian Express Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh have emerged as the poorest states in India, according to Niti Aayog's first Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report. As per the index, 51.91 per cent population of Bihar is poor, followed by 42.16 per cent in Jharkhand, 37.79 per cent in Uttar Pradesh. While Madhya Pradesh (36.65 per cent) has been placed fourth in the index, Meghalaya (32.67 per cent) is at the...
More »More Than 33% of Children in 14 states Anaemic, Gujarat on top at 79.7% -Priyanka Ishwari
-Newsclick.in Ladakh has the highest percentage of anaemic children among UTs at 92.5%, NFHS-5 reveals. The prevalence of anaemia among children and women has increased in most states and Union Territories (UTs) in the last five years. According to the latest findings of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), 67.1% of children aged 6-59 months were anaemic in 2021 against 58.6% in 2016. According to the survey, released by the Union ministry of...
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