EPW consults referees from a database of 200+ academicians in different fields of the social sciences on papers that are published in the Special Article and Notes sections. Click here for summary ...

EPW consults referees from a database of 200+ academicians in different fields of the social sciences on papers that are ...

The global demographic landscape is undergoing a notable transition, with societies becoming increasingly older. In the 20th century, population ageing as a concerning policy issue was largely ...

The Union Budget 2026–27 cements what has been a gradual trend in the making over the last decade—a shrinking welfare state and a reorientation of welfarism towards residual, market-mediated forms of ...

The report of the Sixteenth Finance Commission was made public as part of the budget papers presented to the Lok Sabha in early February. And the responses have been rather mixed and even muted. The ...

An increasing number of studies indicate that despite advancements in medicine and related technologies, and improving policy focus, there remains a noticeable gap in identifying unmet healthcare ...

Global digitalisation trends in health and long-term care are shaped by a remarkably common storyline: that the combination of ageing populations and decreasing human and financial resources is ...

Unlike the West, India faces the challenge of growing old before growing rich without universal safety nets. This acceleration unfolds amid pervasive informality and a distinct “retreat of the state” ...

The proportion of adults aged 60 and above is projected to increase from 8.6% (103 million) in 2011 to nearly 19.5% (319 million) by 2050, while those aged 45 and above will constitute around 40% (655 ...

Evidence across the globe persistently shows that social support in terms of direct financial assistance from family, kin, and friends provides a strong protection against the progression of chronic ...

This raises concerns about women’s financial security, health, and well-being in later life. Ageing in India is profoundly gendered and shaped by structural inequalities accumulated over the course of ...

Sociological scholarship on India has demonstrated how the family continues to be the site where instrumental and intimate investments in generational relationships are actualised. Crucially, this ...