Current Issue
In IPPR's August issue, Namita Mathur's paper discusses the precarity of employment and the absence of social security for vulnerable migrant workers and explores the shortcomings of the laws and policies meant for protecting their interests. The paper by Boyd et al examines the barriers and incentives to collaboration between the Indian and American private space sectors and makes policy recommendations to advance the mutual objectives of the sector in both countries. In their paper, Harmon et al examine how India’s current approach to AI governance may impact the trajectory of U.S.-India technology cooperation, after exploring India's AI governance choices, possible regulatory model, and its national priorities. Dikumoni Hazarika and Rohil Oberoi's paper looks at the effectiveness of different technology instruments in enhancing transparency, accuracy, and accountability of Public Distribution System in the delivery of subsidised food grains in Assam. Chidambaran Iyer infers a few policy lessons for India for establishing a mobile manufacturing sector from the experiences of four Asian countries – South Korea, Taiwan, China, and Vietnam – that have walked down this path.