Drawing on empirical data from four gram panchayats in Orissa, the paper examines the ‘representation’ of elected representatives—more particularly those of disadvantaged categories—by exploring their participation in the governance process, responsiveness towards the interest o

This Working Paper is about the unemployment situation in Kerala.

Several studies for developing countries have come up with econometric evidence to indicate that an inverse relationship exists between supply of labour and wage rate at low level of wage, especially for women in rural areas.

Son preference, or the privileging of sons over daughters in accordance to a patriarchal system, isa growing phenomenon in India.