Peeling the Layers
Onions are an important crop for both farmers and consumers.
Model Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act

The Parliament of India introduced the Street Vendors Act 2014 with an aim to protect the rights of urban street vendors and regulate street vending. Among other things, the Act aims to formalise vendors by surveying them, providing them with vending certificates, demarcating vending zones, and putting in pla +ce institutions like the Grievance Redressal Committees and Town Vending Committees (TVCs).

The Science and the Law Behind the Genetically Modified (GM) Regulatory Logjam
A look at the court battle over regulatory approvals of Genetically Modified crops
Visual Guide to GM Crops in India
How do policies on Genetically Modified crops impact farmers in India?
Export Restrictions Impoverish Farmers
Trade restrictions impoverish farmers
A Teary Tale of Onion Farmers
A set of three case studies looking at the impact of trade restrictions on onion farmers in Nashik
The Mahatma of Shramjeevi: Ela Bhatt, the ‘Personal Hero’ of millions of workers

The Grande Dame of the informal sector, a gentle revolutionary and a Gandhian at heart, lives on as a personal hero of millions of workers, reformers, and street vendors across the country.

धर्मो रक्षति रक्षितः पथ विक्रेता कानून, एक आशा की उम्मीद

पथ विक्रेता (जीविका सुरक्षा एवं पथ विक्रय विनियमन) अधिनियम 2014”  पथ विक्रेताओं को जीविका संरक्षण का अधिकार, सामाजिक सुरक्षा और देश में पथ विक्रय के विनियमन के बारे में सुरक्षा प्रदान करता है। पथ विक्रेता अधिनियम का उद्देश्य पथ विक्रेताओं के हितों की रक्षा करना एवं पथ विक्रय गतिविधियों को नियमित करना है। साथ ही, इस अधिनियम का उद्देश्य पथ विक्रेताओं हेतु ऐसा माहौल तैयार करना है जिसमें वे सुगमता तथा बिना किसी उत्पीड़न के व्यापर कर पाये। पथ विक्रेता कानून को लागू हुए 8 साल हो चुके हैं, लेकिन आज भी रेडी पटरी विक्रेता अपने अधिकारों से वंचित हैं। जिसकी वजह से विक्रेताओं को रोजान

Liberty & Society Series 3 : Environmental Challenges: The Tragedy of the Collective

We face many environmental problems that have serious consequences. This monograph analyses some of these problems and explains why the command-and-control approach to solving these does not work. Instead, it applies the property rights approach which aligns the self-interest of local individuals and communities with the preservation of the resource.

Author / Edited by:
Parth J Shah

Liberty & Society Series 3 : Environmental Challenges: The Tragedy of the Collective (Hindi)

A Hindi translation of Parth's lecture on Environmental Challenges, which analyses some of the most common environmental problems we face today and explains why the command-and-control approach to solving these does not work. Instead, it applies the property rights approach which aligns the self-interest of local individuals and communities with the preservation of the resource.

Author / Edited by:
Parth J Shah

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