Introduction– Pandita Ramabai Professor Meera Kosambi recounted Pandita Ramabai as an individual whom one can see as… “the site for a series of overlapping encounters – primarily that between Hinduism and Christianity, rationalism and dogma, individuality and Church hierarchy. Surrounding this there was the larger confrontation between Indianness and Western culture, feminism and patriarchy in […]
“Secularism in some form is a requirement for the democratic life of religiously diverse societies,” wrote the philosopher Charles Taylor (1998). India’s religious diversity led to the adoption of secularism to protect freedom of religion and equal treatment of religions. The explicit use of secular was added to the Preamble through the 42nd Constitutional Amendment
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Introduction- GST Reforms The Goods and Services Tax (GST) came into being in July 2017 as part of ‘One Nation, One Tax,’ as it replaced an existing system of indirect taxes and took tax uniformity across India to a whole new level. But the multiple tax slabs found in the GST framework complicated tax compliance.
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Introduction “Empower a woman, empower a family.” This principle underlies many welfare schemes across India. For example, in Madhya Pradesh, the Ladli Behna Yojana offers cash given to women. This scheme was the catalyst for Delhi to create several of its own initiatives, including the Mukhya Mantri Mahila Samman Yojana, which provides monthly cash. These
Introduction The Kerala Cabinet has passed an amendment bill to change the Wildlife Protection Act (WPA), 1972, an important law regarding the protection of wild animals and their habitat in India. The Amendment Bill proposes to simplify procedures to kill wild animals, which are threatening human life. We should see its relevance in light of
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