January 6, 2023

COVID-19 : CHINA’S BREAKING POINT ?

CAVEAT: Reports coming out of China about the Covid situation have often been, to put it mildly, confusing. So, only the data gleaned from reliable wire services reporting directly from China, as also reports of established Hong Kong- or Singapore-based […]
December 23, 2022

What do the OSHWC Code and Kerala Draft Rules tell about Women’s Night Employment?

“Night shift workers are more prone to get breast cancer.  Working at night when pregnant increases the risk of adverse perinatal outcomes.”  These are only two examples of the many justifications that have, for many years, prevented women from working […]
December 7, 2022

The New Labour Codes : Ideologically Progressive Yet Practically Regressive

Labour laws have undergone a major ideological shift in recent times, from imposing a legal ban on employing women during night shifts in factories to legally requiring consent from women to employ them for the night shift.For years, the Factories […]
December 5, 2022

Video | Vikasarth 2022 | Session 3 | Industrialization and the Case of Educated Unemployed

The Session 3 of the Vikasarth Conversations by INET & Centre for Public Policy Research was held virtually on 17th November 2022 at 6:00 PM IST. The Session sought to provide an overview of trends, patterns, and reasons for the […]
November 16, 2022

West Asia Optics and the Emerging Geoeconomic World Order

No region stands to gain more from the upcoming energy crisis in Europe than Asia’s newer partnerships and groupings. As winter is approaching and the Ukraine war’s end nowhere in sight, European countries are scrambling to diversify their energy sources. […]
November 14, 2022

The Agenda Of Blue Economy

CPPR Webinar Series #CPPRG20Series Date and Time: 5:00 PM IST – 10th November, 2022 Platform: ZOOM  Speaker: Niranjan Marjani Moderator: Sharon Susan Koshy Proceedings Report            Summary of Discussions Key Takeaways
November 11, 2022

Easing Legal Barriers of Women in Factories in Kerala

November 10, 2022

CPPR Webinar on India’s Presidency and the Agenda of Blue Economy in G20

October 14, 2022

Globalization of Inflation or Monetary Policy: What Explains the Price Rise in India

“Inflation is taxation without legislation”.  Milton Friedman Rising prices or inflation, is an undesirable and unwarranted phenomena. India’s inflationary discourse before and since the onset of the pandemic has been volatile. Shocks from all sides, albeit domestic, demand & supply, […]
October 13, 2022

Event Report | CPPR Webinar on Chinese Communist Party: 20th National Congress and its Implications

About the Event: On Thursday the 6th of October 2022 at 6pm,  CPPR held the webinar about the “Chinese Communist Party 20th National Congress and its implications” on Zoom. The session covered the leadership of Xi Jinping, the structure and […]
October 13, 2022

Smoother Implementation of Laws will Increase Women’s Workforce Participation

The Oxfam’s India Discrimination Report 2022, released in September, criticise gender discrimination as the major reason for low female work force participation in India. Laws in many countries reflect and perpetuate gender norms, and often act as an impediment for […]
October 7, 2022

CPPR Webinar on Chinese Communist Party’s 20th National Congress and Its Implications

#CPPRWebinar on Chinese Communist Party’s 20th National Congress and Its Implications Date: 6th October, 2022 | Time: 6 pm to 7 pm IST | Platform: Zoom and live stream on YouTube CONCEPT NOTE The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will hold its 20th […]
September 28, 2022

“Coup” in China?

Beginning last weekend, all of us who have looked at China at some point in time would have received dozens of WhatsApp messages and telephone calls asking whether there was any truth in the social media messages that claimed President […]
September 28, 2022

Video | Vikasarth 2022 | Session 2 | Emigration, Consumption Boom and the Service Economy of Kerala

Vikasarth 2022 | Thirty Years of Indian Economic Reforms: Assessing the Growth and Development of Kerala | Session 2: Emigration, Consumption Boom and the Service Economy with Professor K.P. Kannan and Dr. A.A. Erumban, moderated by Dr. Sumeetha Mokkil Maruthur. […]
September 21, 2022

National Logistic Policy is a right step towards a well-integrated, efficient Freight System

India has a growing logistics sector representing 5% of India’s Gross Domestic Product and employing 2.2 crore people. India has the second largest road network in the world through which 68% of the freight movement happens along with a well-functioning […]