Columnists

Sonalde Desai

The writer is senior fellow, NCAER, Delhi and professor of sociology at the University of Maryland, US.

Economic policy needs to address those who have seen the greatest distress during lockdown

Tue, Oct 20, 2020

The urban poor is still finding it difficult to return to work. Targeting social safety nets towards them is necessary as the economy struggles to recover.

PM-KISAN is not reaching all farmer households as intended

Mon, Aug 03, 2020

Given this uncertainty over the reach of PM-KISAN and its targeting, the relevance of the scheme needs to be carefully evaluated during this period.

Telephone survey shows high understanding of social distancing, support for lockdown

Mon, Apr 20, 2020

When asked about how many people they had come in contact with outside the house over the preceding 24 hours, over 50 per cent responded that they had not come in contact with anyone.

Decline in women work participation rates can be traced to poor quality of data collection processes

Tue, Mar 17, 2020

In our concern with ostensibly declining women’s work participation, we have missed out on identifying sectors from which women are excluded and more importantly, in which women are included. It may be time for us to count women’s work rather than women workers.