Month: August 2020
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Draft Environmental Impact Assessment, 2020: Should environmental disaster be the cost of development?
As the name suggests, EIA is supposed to assess the environmental impact of development projects, to minimize the adverse effects of development on the environment. As per the International Association for Impact Assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is “the process of identifying, predicting, evaluating and mitigating the biophysical, social, and other relevant effects of development…
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The Policy Dialogue: Menstrual Health Management Policies in India
We are organizing an online policy awareness and deliberation session on the subject of Menstrual Health Management Policies in India. Date: 5th September 2020 Timings: 7:00 p.m. to 7:40 p.m. Event Portal: Zoom India’s leading online food delivery service company, Zomato, recently announced a formal period leave policy for all its female employees, which has…
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Privacy: The Laid Jurisprudence and Contemporary Challenges
Living life with dignity, encapsulated in the rights such as privacy, which is for all to enjoy, is the victory of democracy. The article highlights some of the salient features of privacy rights and takes a step back to analyse the status of privacy rights in its current form. On 24 August 2017, a nine…
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Parliamentary Privileges: Essential for an Empowered Legislature or Abuse of Power?
The term privilege can be defined as an exemption, special right, advantage or immunity to a particular person or group of persons in a layperson’s terms. In law, privilege is an advantage enjoyed by a person or an association where people are exempted from some duty, burden, attendance or liability. Parliamentary Privileges are certain rights…