MPP Dissertations
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Item Where do my Tax Rupees Go? A Study to Understand the Effect of Information Provisioning on Tax Morale in Case of India(National Law School of India University, Bangalore, 2023-10-18) Juneja, Vipin; Dr. Sudipa Sarkar, - SupervisorItem Energy Poverty in India: A Temporal Study of Household Energy Poverty Levels Across States(National Law School of India University, Bangalore, 2023-10-18) U, Supriya Nayak; Dr. Sudipa Sarkar, - SupervisorItem The Effect of Social Capital on Career Choices in Rural and Urban India: Evidence from a Panel Data Analysis - Importance of Considering Social Capital in Designing Policies Relevant to Career and Occupation of Youth(National Law School of India University, Bangalore, 2023-10-18) Kumar, Koidala Harish; Dr. Sudipa Sarkar, - SupervisorItem Taking Rights Seriously: An Impact Assessment of the MGNREGA Conundrum in West Bengal with Evidence from Alipurduar District(National Law School of India University, Bangalore, 2023-10-18) Paul, Jisu; Dr. Sudipa Sarkar, - SupervisorItem Examining the Relationship between Infrastructure Investment and Employment through a Gendered Lens(National Law School of India University, Bangalore, 2023-10-17) Suares, Deborah; Dr. Sudipa Sarkar, - SupervisorItem Investigating the Barriers faced by Marginalised Worker groups in Accessing Healthcare in Bengaluru: A Case of Ayushman Bharat - Arogya Karnataka Scheme(National Law School of India University, Bangalore, 2023-10-17) Manaswini, Buddappagari; Dr. Sudipa Sarkar, - SupervisorItem Unpaid Care and Domestic Burden among Femail Teachers in Bangalore(National Law School of India University, Bangalore, 2023-10-13) Tejas, Airodi; Dr. Sudipa Sarkar, - SupervisorItem Rise of the Individual Investor in Crisis: A Study on Retail Market Participation during the COVID-19 Outbreak(National Law School of India University, Bangalore, 2022-12-02) Jain, Uday Pratap; Dr. Sudipa Sarkar, - SupervisorItem Online and In-Between: A Study of Women’s Access to and Adoption of the Internet in the Urban Slums of Chandigarh and Panchkula(National Law School of India University, Bangalore, 2022-11-26) Sood, Anun; Dr. Sudipa Sarkar, - SupervisorThis dissertation study has hoped to expand on the understanding of the digital divide by breaking away from the dichotomous understanding of the divide’s spatial presence. Over the last many years, the digital divide is a phenomenon that has existed between the rural and the urban. However, there are several regions that exist within these rural and urban spaces where the divide has manifested in different ways than what we currently understand. With this underlying idea, the present research has explored the access to, perception and adoption of the internet in the urban-slums, a space that amalgamates features of both the rural and the urban. With blurred lines, the study has attempted to understand what women think of the internet in a situation where they are exposed to the urban experience as they carry their rural identity with them and try to place themselves in the city. Based on several interviews spanning four slum localities in Chandigarh and Panchkula, it is revealed that women’s perception of the internet varies based on their age and occupation and what they think will change should they make it a part of their lives. Women have been trying to understand the benefits that come with being online to decide whether it is a useful and beneficial investment of their time, energy and money. This dissertation has also tried to understand how current advocacy efforts for internet adoption or digital skilling for women across the globe and in India fail to meet the expectations of women in the urban slums and what are the possible pathways to reconciliate this dissonance. Keywords: internet, women, digital divide, urban-slums, empowerment, identity, access, smartphones, mobile, ICTItem Socio-Economic Impact of Category B Assets Created Under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme : A Comparative Study in Bagalkot and Tumakuru Districts(National Law School of India University, Bangalore, 2022-11-26) Bhandare, Aditya N; Dr. Sudipa Sarkar, - SupervisorKey Words: Sustainable, MGNREGA, Asset Creation, Rural Households Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) main objectives are to provide livelihood security and in the process create durable and sustainable assets. While there have been several studies on MGNREGA, only few studies have concentrated on the impact of the assets created under the programme. Especially the individual assets. It is crucial to understand the impacts of assets as they could potentially decrease the dependency on the wage employment and also play a vital role in uplifting their socio-economic status in the rural places. The aim of this thesis is to examine the selection and creation of Category B assets under the MGNREGA in the districts of Bagalkot and Tumakuru. The study tried to understand the impact created on the individual households mainly focusing on the development in their livelihood conditions and on their farmland, if any. In the study, 27 people were interviewed and 55.5% of the asset created was for the purpose of irrigation, 18.5% of the asset was for the development of fallow and wasteland, and 18.5% was for the purpose of livestock. Horticulture and Sericulture made up of just 7.5%. The study found that the selection process for receiving the assets is not fair and transparent. And, once the asset is created, post-asset assistance becomes crucial otherwise due to lack of assistance, it can lead to neglect of assets. The creation of the assets resulted in an increase in crop acreage of 2.5 acres. Of all the respondents, 48% said that they saw an increase in their income after the asset was created. At the macro level, the category B assets have been advantageous. Individual beneficiaries with assets and with the right amount of knowledge, skill, entrepreneurial capability and the proper selection of assets could result in transformational socio-economic change.