GENRE: Explainers

The Delhi budget of 2022-23 targets creation of 20 lakh new jobs, increasing the employment level from the present 33% to 45%.

Unlike exchange of money in the real world, cryptocurrency payments exist purely as digital entries in an online database, unregulated by central banks.

Critics say that linking of Aadhaar and voter ID raises serious questions over constitutional principles, right to privacy and citizenship.

Potholes imply negligence and lack of maintenance by the concerned authorities. Can the victim of a pothole accident then claim compensation?

Surging numbers indicate an Omicron wave is already under way in India. What should we be prepared for in the coming months?

16 years after enactment of the Domestic Violence Law, women still lack enough support systems. Protection officers under law are also difficult to locate.

Urban women today are often educated and capable enough to work and earn, yet have little information about investing options available to them.

The exclusion of waste collectors and the informal recycling value chain is one among the key concerns with the draft EPR rules.

The draft e-commerce rules are framed to provide better consumer protection against fraud, non-delivery and high costs. What’s behind the objections then?

People who registered for a COVID vaccine on the CoWIN app using Aadhaar automatically got a digital health ID created, without their knowledge or consent.

The guidelines on extended producer’s responsibility (EPR) are problematic as they ignore the informal waste workers in the recycling value chain.

One advantage of these new vaccines derived from the coronavirus DNA, or mRNA vaccines, is that these can be rapidly modified for any new variant.