Gender ideologies often prompt couples to assign women to take over extra family duties while men remain free to concentrate on their careers.
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Gender ideologies often prompt couples to assign women to take over extra family duties while men remain free to concentrate on their careers.
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of India’s social and economic transformation in the decades leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic and explores both resilience and vulnerabilities in Indian society.
It provides an in-depth look into diverse aspects of how Indians live, earn a living and care for their children by examining vital indicators such as poverty, malnutrition, health and marriage and family relationships, among others. Analysing the data from the India Human Development Surveys, it presents a complex picture of India’s transformation and large economic and educational gains, while exploring the reasons why these have not translated into social transformation of a similar magnitude. The volume also describes the backdrop against which the COVID-19 pandemic crippled the Indian economy. In effect, it foreshadows the challenges that need to be addressed on the road to recovery. It argues that in order to reduce the scarring and ensure recovery for all, it will be important to focus on the underlying conditions faced by the most vulnerable sections of the Indian society as policymakers seek to effectively tend to issues of socio-economic inequality and marginalisation in the long run.
Rich in data and analysis, this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of economics, political economy, sociology and development studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1| India’s Social and Economic Transformation
Pallavi Choudhuri, Sonalde Desai, Amaresh Dubey
Chapter 2| Why Did Poverty Decline in India?
Carlos Felipe Balcázar, Sonalde Desai, Rinku Murgai, Ambar Narayan
Chapter 3 | Do Income and Income Inequality Have Any Impact on Morbidity? Evidence From the India Human Development Survey
Sohini Paul
Chapter 4| Excess Weight in India
Pushkar Maitra, Nidhiya Menon
Chapter 5 | Does the Growing Private Sector Deliver Schooling for All? Role of Gender, Parental Altruism and Family Wealth
Pushkar Maitra, Sarmistha Pal, Anurag Sharma
Chapter 6 | Private Schooling in India
Suvarna Pande, Amaresh Dubey
Chapter 7| Expectations of Support From Daughters in India
Abhijit Visaria
Chapter 8| Are the Young and the Educated More Likely to Have “Love” Than Arranged Marriage?
Manjistha Banerji
Chapter 9| The Impact of Household Membership in Community-Based Organisations on Child Health and Education in Rural India
Mugdha Vaidya, Meghna Katoch Rana, Nabanita Datta Gupta
The COVID-19 pandemic, and the consequent nationwide lockdown in India that began on 25 March 2020, caused a major disruption in the labour market, leading to the widespread loss of livelihoods and food insecurity. The findings from a telephonic survey of a representative sample of more than 3,000 households in the National Capital Region also reveal a dramatic loss in earning capacity. The place of residence and occupation mediated the impact of the lockdown, with greater vulnerabilities witnessed amongst those engaged in informal employment, especially in urban areas. The government rolled out a series of welfare measures in response to the widespread economic distress, with the provision of free foodgrains and cash transfers aimed at rehabilitating those who were the most affected. While the use of prior social registries enabled quick disbursement, our analysis shows that few households received both foodgrains and cash transfers, particularly in urban areas. Urban residents were also eight percentage points less likely to receive cash transfers than their rural counterparts.
Addressing all forms of malnutrition requires multi-sectoral actions. To accelerate progress, post-graduate education – of future researchers, policy-makers and practitioners – that promotes interdisciplinary knowledge and skills is imperative. We report findings from a mixed-methods needs assessment designed to assess enabling and constraining factors to integrated agriculture, nutrition, and health education. An online questionnaire was disseminated among experts in relevant disciplines, followed by focus group discussions among faculty members teaching in post-graduate institutions in low- and middle-income countries. We find that student motivation, instructor background, fixed curricula, and siloes among implementation agencies are important barriers to interdisciplinary education. Experiential learning and collaborations within and across institutions are enabling factors. We present key aspects of an interdisciplinary educational model that consider systemic and institutional realities of specialized institutions and low funding.
