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Partha Mukhopadhyay

Partha Mukhopadhyay

Articles by Partha Mukhopadhyay

Modernity mandates can’t be exclusionary

Despite increasing institutional births, the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey found that nationally, around 11% of births still happen outside formal facilities

Updated on Aug 8, 2023 16:33 IST

In India, is a guaranteed funded pension feasible?

For most of India, pensions are illusory, available only to formal, permanent, largely government, employees. Before 2004, it was their privilege, baked into the social compact with the State (Arun Mondhe/HT ARCHIVE)

Updated on Apr 2, 2023 15:51 IST

How to build a green infrastructure grid

Kolkata has had an effective network-based autorickshaw system for many years. It is environmentally friendly, economical and convenient for users, and low investment for entrepreneurs. Such intermediate public transport systems, if electrically powered, can be the backbone of green urban transport in cities (Samir Jana/HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 5, 2022 15:37 IST

India’s vaccine strategy is neglecting the vulnerable, poor. There is a way out

Beneficiaries receive a dose of Covid-19 vaccine during a camp at Vile Parle East, in Mumbai earlier this month. (File photo)

Updated on Jun 30, 2021 08:50 IST

Stop posturing; start vaccinating

A predictable supply will allow states to take vaccines closer and faster to the people rather than passively wait for them. A radically modified policy can even lead to a fully vaccinated population by year-end (Sanchit Khanna/HT PHOTO)

Updated on May 11, 2021 15:02 IST

To beat the second wave, understand it

From crucial patient data to the vaccination plan, the government has been tightly controlling information. This is unhelpful to transparent and collective Covid-19 pandemic management (AFP)

Updated on Apr 20, 2021 01:12 IST

Is India’s Covid-19 death rate higher than Italy’s?

Commuters board a public transport bus at CST as government ease lockdown during Covid-19 pandemic in Mumbai on Wednesday.

Updated on Jun 10, 2020 23:03 IST

Locking down is not enough. Ramp up testing

Have randomised testing of people allowed to move around during the lockdown. It is important that their identity be recorded, while issuing passes to move during the lockdown

Updated on Mar 27, 2020 12:54 IST

What the quest for a $5 trillion economy entails

For a mandate as massive as the Modi government has received, a first budget could have tried harder

Updated on Jul 6, 2019 24:24 IST

Budget 2014: We need a new imagination, a new beginning

Updated on Jan 29, 2015 12:10 IST

Vote without fear

Updated on Apr 13, 2014 17:23 IST

Passengers in waiting

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Updated on Mar 16, 2012 17:26 IST

An Unreal Infrastructure Policy

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Updated on Apr 6, 2009 09:30 IST

Ghosts in the machine

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Updated on Jan 22, 2008 16:45 IST

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