Policy Insights by Pinaca India
Analyses of public policies in India
Policy Insights
A detailed, yet easy to understand, razor-sharp analyses of public policies in India
Food Waste Index: Food (Waste) For Thought
Here’s some “food for thought'' for you. Imagine sitting amidst 62 lakhs of the world's heaviest mammal, the blue whale. The sheer size of it makes one's jaws drop. The figure is equivalent to the amount of food waste generated by consumers around the world in a year....
AFTER AADHAAR, INDIA IS PLANNING FOR A UNIVERSAL FAMILY ID
Every citizen is unique, so is their identity. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), provides a unique identification card called 'Aadhaar card' with 12-digit Unique Identification Numbers (UIN) for the citizens of India by taking biometric and...
CAN INDIA’S 1st TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY DESK TURN THE TABLE AROUND?
The term transgender encompasses people who have a gender identity or gender expression which differs from their sex assignment at birth (Mondal, Das, Ray, & Banerjee, 2020). The word “hijras” is widely used in the Indian sub-continent to represent intersex,...
SUPACE – Sowing the Seeds of India’s ‘Futuristic Judiciary’
On April 6, 2021, the Supreme Court of India launched India’s first AI-driven research portal — SUPACE — Supreme Court Portal for Assistance in Court's Efficiency. It was launched by the former Chief Justice of India, S.A. Bobde, in presence of Justice Nageswara Rao....