Drawing on longitudinal data from a Dalit-majority village in eastern Uttar Pradesh, change in household incomes is quantified and sources of income growth are identified. While household income has ...

The consolidation of agricultural lands by dominant socio-economic groups is discussed in the context of contemporary debate on the land question by foregrounding market-led land transfers as a driver ...

EPW consults referees from a database of 200+ academicians in different fields of the social sciences on papers that are published in the Special Article and Notes sections. Click here for summary ...

EPW consults referees from a database of 200+ academicians in different fields of the social sciences on papers that are published in the Special Article and Notes sections. Click here for summary ...

EPW consults referees from a database of 200+ academicians in different fields of the social sciences on papers that are published in the Special Article and Notes sections. Click here for summary ...

EPW consults referees from a database of 200+ academicians in different fields of the social sciences on papers that are published in the Special Article and Notes sections. Click here for summary ...

EPW consults referees from a database of 200+ academicians in different fields of the social sciences on papers that are published in the Special Article and Notes sections. Click here for summary ...

Writings from the Sundarbans edited by Indranil Acharya and Sayantan Dasgupta, Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan Private Limited, 2023; pp 201, `690.

The rural economy and society have been in a period of transition. The transition is not only economic but also social and political. The last decade has seen rural areas witnessing several economic ...

Frugal technological activity through jugaad or frugal invention, collective and defensive technological strategies, or grassroots innovation can battle the lived experience of inequality, and perhaps ...

The impact of prolonged economic slowdown, agrarian distress, demonetisation, the goods and services tax, and the COVID-19 pandemic on the rural workforce and earnings is examined. The determinants of ...

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