Swasti Pachauri

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Swasti Pachauri is a social sector consultant who has worked as Prime Minister's Rural Development Fellow in Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh, India

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Governance

COVID -19: Invisible policy fault lines are more by accident than design

Fractures in public policy always existed. They are now only more blatant than ever before.

Health|Communicable Disease

कोरोना काल में बदली संवाद की भाषा

लॉकडाउन खुलने के बाद धीरे-धीरे सभी भय से उबर रहे हैं, लेक�…

Economy|Rural Economy

सोम बाजार, लॉकडाउन और ट्विटर पर बनती पॉलिसी

हम लोग अपने ट्विटर और अपनी इंस्टाग्राम में इस कदर खोये ह�…

Urbanisation

COVID-19 outbreak brings attention back to informal sector

Over 90% of the country’s total workforce is in the informal sector

Agriculture

Exclusion errors: Decoding the female face of agricultural crisis

Without empowering women in farming by recognising them as farmers and giving them land rights, agriculture can’t be sustained and so can&…

Agriculture|Farmers

आज भी जिंदा है प्रेमचंद का हल्कू

मुंशी प्रेमचंद के हल्कू की तरह देश का किसान आज भी कर्ज मे…

Economy

The curious case of randomness

Cheer for the Nobel, but randomised controlled trials can't be the quick-fix for all problems

Governance

Nudge for better policy results, but cautiously

Nudge, as a tool, is often criticised because it rests on the fundamental premise of ‘libertarian paternalism’

General Elections 2019

महिलाओं ने भारतीय जनता पार्टी को क्यों वोट दिया

2019 के चुनाव ने औरतों की भूमिका को बढ़-चढ़कर रेखांकित किया…

General Elections 2019

Verdict 2019: Why did women vote for BJP?

The party's flagship schemes like Ujjwala and PM Awas provided women economic ownership and not just mere access to property

General Elections 2019

Verdict 2019: From the politics of inevitability to that of relatability

The results of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls hold lessons for us all

Agriculture

Decolonising the ‘idea of the farmer’ through the eyes of Munshi Premchand

A critical analysis of the Hindi author’s stories can help policymakers empathically tear into the cobweb that has the Indian farmer …

General Elections 2019

आम चुनाव बनाम आंकड़ों का खेल

2019 का चुनाव 85 करोड़ से अधिक मतदाताओं के लिए निर्णायक युद्�…

As General Elections 2019 approach will nudge come to shove?

It is crucial that nudge as a tool is used meticulously for political canvassing

Agriculture

The invisibility of gender in Indian agriculture

Why policy paralysis in granting entitlements to women in agriculture and farm widows needs to be addressed

Governance

Peripheries: new destinations for vacations

Poverty is not to be relished as a visual prop, or an object of aesthetic appeasement—immunising us to “a new normal” of …

Science & Technology

Revisiting Gandhi in the age of social media

For the Mahatma, “science without humanity” was one of the "seven deadly sins", due to which, people could become slaves or victims …

Agriculture

The blue boom

Indigo farming debuts in the hills of Uttarakhand as people find it ecologically and economically beneficial

Agriculture

Defeminisation of Indian agriculture

While reorganising land rights for rural women may be an arduous and long-drawn task, alternative solutions can be adopted

Governance

Notes from the field: Rural transformation and MGNREGA

MGNREGA has been successful in Madhya Pradesh. Can the scheme also provide solutions for the current drought in the region?

Bagh and its legacy in print

The famous print fabric of Bagh town in Madhya Pradesh is a traditional art form that is a source of non-agricultural livelihood for people.

When the Satpura blushes

The flame of the forest that paints the Satpura range red in March is part of art, culture and literature. It can also be a source of livelihood …

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