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WEBThe share of Indian Railways in domestic freight transport has been declining over time, from 85% in 1951 to less than 30% in 2022. However, Indian Railways has set loading targets of 3,000 million tonnes by 2027 and 3,600 MT by 2030–31, to achieve 45% of freight share by 2030–31. This article analyses the operational characteristics of ...
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WEBAbout Us. The Economic and Political Weekly, published from Mumbai, is an Indian institution which enjoys a global reputation for excellence in independent scholarship and critical inquiry. First published in 1949 as the Economic Weekly and since 1966 as the Economic and Political Weekly, EPW, as the journal is popularly known, occupies a ...
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Unveiling the World of the Nomadic Tribes and Denotified Tribes: …
WEB31 August 2021 marks the 69th year of the repeal of the Criminal Tribes Act, 1871. This act was the most draconian law passed by the British colonial state, under which millions of nomadic and semi-nomadic communities were declared criminals and put under continuous surveillance, making their lives impossible. 31 August is celebrated as Vimukta Jatis day in India by the de-notified tribal ...
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Untouchability in India: A Reading List
WEBMar 15, 2021 · The Indian Caste System. In their paper, “The Continuing Practice of Untouchability in India,” Thorat and Joshi explain how India, the largest democracy and the second-most populous country in the world, has its religious majority divided on the basis of “jati” or “caste.”. While jati is derived from the Sanskrit word jāta (born ...
Article 19: Mapping the Free Speech Debate in India
WEBMany laws that restrict free speech such as the laws punishing sedition, hate speech or defamation, derive their legitimacy from Article 19 (2). Inspection of movies, books, paintings, etc, is also possible by way of this clause. Scholars note that censorship in India was, and still is, historically rooted in the discourse of protecting Indian ...
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Human Development Index 2021–22 and India
WEBThe Human Development Report 202122, brought out by the United Nations Development Programme, shows that Indias global rankings have gone down from 130 in 2020 to 132 in 2021. This is not surprising as the growth in Indias Human Development Index (HDI) values have decelerated faster than the global values during the pandemic.