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Artificial Intelligence in Decentralised Governance

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India’s Panchayati Raj system comprising over 2.55 lakh Gram Panchayats (village-level elected councils) serving nearly 65 per cent of the population stands at the threshold of a technological transformation driven…

Panchayat Support for FPOs: An Exploration in Feasibility and Best Practices

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The Power of the Local: Why Panchayats are the Missing Link in India’s FPO Success Story India’s agricultural landscape is powered by its smallholder farmers, who make up nearly 86%…

ISS prepared an exploratory research report on Risks, Vulnerabilities and Aspirations of Seasonal Migrant labourers.

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ISS prepared an exploratory research report on Risks, Vulnerabilities and Aspirations of Seasonal Migrant labourers. (Updated December 2025.) Access the Report here

Policy Brief and Report on our recent study on the Role of Panchayats in Climate Resilience in North East India (August 2025)

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Policy Brief and Report on our recent study on the Role of Panchayats in Climate Resilience in North-eastern India (August 2025) POLICY BRIEF Beyond Blueprints: Strengthening Gram Panchayats for Localised…

Unpaid Work And Women Workers – A Growing Crisis

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Women workers continue to bear the lion’s share of domestic and care responsibilities, and to the extent that this work is shared, it is often shared not with spouses but…

Online/offline discussion platforms on laws, governance and administrative institutions

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Legal Lab of Governance at the ISS has started conducting online/offline discussion platforms on laws, governance and administrative institutions. One best QUERY from a participant to ‘Discussion Group’ to a…

Report: Women Workers Unpaid Even in Paid Contracts – Hindi

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Women Workers Unpaid Even in Paid Contracts. महिला मज़दूर अनुबंध के होते हुए भी अवैतनिक काम करने पर मजबूर – तीन राज्यों में किए गए अध्ययन से सामने आए परेशान…

Report: Women Workers Unpaid Even in Paid Contracts

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Women Workers Unpaid Even in Paid Contracts. Women Workers Are Compelled to Do Unpaid Work Even in Paid Contracts. A Study Across Three States Shows Disturbing Patterns. A report by Shankar…

Survey: Many Working Class Families Not Being Reached By Welfare Schemes

ISS Manager May 19, 2023 No Comments

Survey Finds Many Working Class Families Not Being Reached By Welfare Schemes, Facing Significant Challenges In Accessing Entitlements In February and March 2023, a survey of 2,114 working class families…

Media and Access to Information Among Working Class Families in Uttarakhand, Delhi and Tamil Nadu – A Three State Survey

ISS Manager February 24, 2023 No Comments

Media and Access to Information Among Working Class Families in Uttarakhand, Delhi and Tamil Nadu – A Three State Survey by Shankar Gopalakrishnan (Project Director, Institute of Social Sciences) Lead…

Artificial Intelligence in Decentralised Governance

Panchayat Support for FPOs: An Exploration in Feasibility and Best Practices

ISS prepared an exploratory research report on Risks, Vulnerabilities and Aspirations of Seasonal Migrant labourers.

Policy Brief and Report on our recent study on the Role of Panchayats in Climate Resilience in North East India (August 2025)

Unpaid Work And Women Workers – A Growing Crisis

Online/offline discussion platforms on laws, governance and administrative institutions

Report: Women Workers Unpaid Even in Paid Contracts – Hindi

Report: Women Workers Unpaid Even in Paid Contracts

Survey: Many Working Class Families Not Being Reached By Welfare Schemes

Media and Access to Information Among Working Class Families in Uttarakhand, Delhi and Tamil Nadu – A Three State Survey

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