-CaravanMagazine.in Upneet Lalli is the deputy director of the Institute of Correctional Administration in Chandigarh, a central government institution which imparts training to police officers and prison officers. A psychologist and legal expert by training, Lalli is the author of the book Human Rights in Indian Prisons, among other works. As Indian politics places itself on the right of the ideological spectrum, some individuals who were members of right-wing organisations, have moved...
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Tobacco consumption declines across states, dry Bihar consumes more alcohol than Maharashtra: NFHS-5 -Shreya V Bapat, Rachel Gaikwad, Mahadev Bramhankar and Nand Lal Mishra
-Down to Earth Alcohol consumption among women aged 15 years and above highest in north-eastern states Five years since the sustainable development goals of the United Nations came into force, we ask ourselves: How is India and its states progressing towards the goals directly dealing with tobacco (SDG 3.a) and alcohol (SDG 3.5) use? These are critical goals, not only because the aspects they deal with are well evidenced in proving detrimental to...
More »2020: A year of strange weather events -Abhishek Jha
-Hindustan Times Floods, cyclones, colder winter, unexpected rains, India has seen them all. 2020 has been strange and difficult in so many ways that it seems almost criminal to add one more to the mix — the weather. Floods, cyclones, colder winter, unexpected rains, India has seen them all. High rainfall at a time when rainfall is declining India received a total of 1,286.6mm rainfall until December 27 this year. This is the ninth...
More »Worsening of child nutrition calls for immediate and decisive course correction -Sunny Jose
-The Indian Express A complacent approach that assumes that all necessary measures, including the Poshan Abhiyan, are in place and the reversal in progress is only momentary will be a sure way to inflict a debilitating, irreversible impact on children’s nutrition and their well-being. Did child undernutrition in India worsen during the COVID-19 pandemic? The consensus is: yes, most likely. But did we do well in reducing child undernutrition before the lockdown?...
More »The Landless women: Only 12.9% Indian women hold agricultural land -Aditi Phadnis & IndiaSpend
-Business Standard/ India Spend The index ranks states in terms of women holding land rights in percentage points Look hard. Do you see any woman among the protesting farmers? The reason is simple — Women hardly own agricultural land. Lakshadweep and Meghalaya are the best among all the 35 states and Union Territories at providing land rights to women; Punjab and West Bengal are the worst, according to an index created by the...
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