Dolma Rawat, Author at Public Policy India

Analysing Employment and Unemployment trends in India from 2010-11 to 2021-2022

Abstract: In December 2022 the unemployment rate reached a record high at 9 percent, which is the highest it has been since the pandemic. India currently enjoys a demographic dividend where almost 65 percent are under the age of 35. However, despite having a young population, the labour force over the years has decreased. Enrolments …

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Evaluating the Effectiveness of the National Food Security Act

By Dolma Rawat

Understanding the role of state in improving welfare of its citizens With the rise of neoliberalisation in the late 1970s and 1980s after failure of the laissez faire model, state intervention came to be viewed as a necessity to avoid market failures (Chang, H., J., 2001). State intervention in improving the welfare of its citizens …

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NREGA: Historical overview, Relevance and Challenges

By Dolma Rawat

Over the last few decades, several legislations like the Right to Education and National Food Security Act have enriched the constitutional rights of Indian citizens. Through the various judgements passed by the Supreme Court, Article 21, i.e, Right to Life has stated that Right to Life isn’t merely survival and includes within it’s gamut ‘right …

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