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    Mental Health in India : An Overview
    (National Law School of India University, Bnagalore, 2016) Srivastava, Natasha
    Contents Chapter 1 – Introduction; 1.1. What is mental health? 1.2. What is mental illness? 1.3. How does mental health and mental illness correlate?; Chapter 2 – Mental health in India; 2.1. Obstacles and challenges to mental health in India; 2.1.1. Generation awareness; 2.1.2. Stigmitisation; 2.1.3. Behavioral change; 2.1.4. Funding; Chapter 3- Research methodology; 3.1. What is the research problem?; 3.2. Rationale; 3.3. Objective; 3.4. Scope; 3.5. Research questions; Chapter 4 – Primary data; 4.1. Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities; 4.2. National mental health policy, 2014; Chapter 5 – Secondary Data; 5.1. Articles; 5.2. Media; 5.3. Case study; 5.4. Human rights and mental illnesses; Chapter 6- Critic; Chapter 7 – Mitigation challenges; Chapter 8 – Timeline; Chapter 9 – Policy conclusions; Referencing.
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    " The Lost Souls" A Study of Undertraial Prisoners in Karnataka and the Provision of Legal Aid
    (National Law School of India University, 2019) Kushwah, Vikrant Singh
    The Prison Statistics India Report 2015 says that Indian prisons have a higher occupancy rate because of the overpopulation of prisoners. Undertrial prisoners are the major occupants of the prison. The reason for their incarceration is an incomplete trial process resulting in prolonged detention sometimes for years more than the prescribed punishment for their offense(s). This study tries to understand the status of undertrial prisoners in Karnataka and its situation when compared to the national average. In addition to it, the study also tries to analyze the change in the population of undertrial prisoners under various categories in the last 10 years. The study asserted that it is this socio-economically vulnerable section of the society which is incarcerated in large numbers as undertrials. In addition to it, the study also tries to explore the provision of legal aid for these undertrial prisoners and its status in the State of Karnataka. The study shows the poor state of affair of the legal aid system in Karnataka by highlighting major challenges in the prevalent system. In the end, the study tries to suggest some suitable policy recommendations to reform the existing legal aid system so that it can address the problems of undertrial prisoners in Karnataka to some extent.
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    Examining the Financial Governance of Municipal Solid Waste Management in India.
    (National Law School of India University, 2019) Dwivedi, Upendra
    India is experiencing an accelerated growth in urbanisation. With rapidly growing urban population, consumption level and overall urban economic activity, Indian cities face a serious problem of solid waste. Managing solid waste of existing nature and quantity in the cities require a massive infrastructure, capacity building and a massive campaign to drive behavioural change among people. Such a process requires huge capital investment in a sustained way along with a stable revenue source for operating expenditure done by the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs). However, ULBs have been finding extremely difficult to make their ends meet, particularly in the case of Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM). There exist a range of issues related to the finances of MSWM affecting its governance. This work aims to explore the status and challenges of financial governance at the local institutions pertaining to the solid waste management. The research is largely a combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis. The author uses computed data using financial documents of ULBs, supported by the semi-structured interviews of experts and practitioners. To gage public awareness and preferences in the matter, a survey on citizen stakeholders is used. Collectively, the research is meant to bring forth the insights into what ails the finances at the local level necessary for solid waste management and make relevant policy recommendations.
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    Revaluating India's Foreign Policy: India UK Relations Post Brexit.
    (National Law School of India University, 2019) Kumar, Trishal
    On the 23rd of June 2016, the United Kingdom held a referendum to decide on the future of its participation in the European Union. The result with a 51.9 per cent majority to leave with a 72.2 per cent turnout, indicates that the region is divided almost in half over the continued membership in the European Union despite being one of its most economically and socially prosperous members. While journalistic sources have rightly emphasised on political polarization characterised by a rise in far-right politics, an investigation into the casual links of this divide finds its roots in the neoliberal policies and the emphasis on the service sector economy. Post the 1991 LPG reforms undertaken by India, a fundamental shift in its approach to policymaking has had a significant bearing on the operations of the foreign policy establishment as well. In the transition from the focus on geo-politics to geo-economics, India’s relations with the advanced and rising economies will determine its standing in a world order that’s no longer centred around the activities of superpowers. At a time when a nation’s stature in the world is determined by rankings of how conducive the regulatory environment is for global competition, going by the political emphasis on the ease of doing business, India’s public policymaking does not happen in a vacuum. While trade reviews, trends in migration, official visits and statements by heads of both states combined with an investigation into the political relationship of the two nations have helped gain an image of the macro environment in which they operate, qualitative semi-structured interviews with both current and former practitioners of policy making in the foreign service establishment as well as scholars of India’s international relations and policymaking, provide a deep insight into the complex web of dynamics at play in the realm of foreign policymaking, say for forging new bilateral relations with the UK. In its quest to become the financial hub of the world, the series of deregulation policies adopted in the UK may have resulted in the massive economic growth of already thriving hubs like London, all of which voted to remain in the EU, and these centres may even continue to thrive after the formal departure from the EU, however, with rising inequality the hegemony of the financialsector and the concentration of all activity around very specific geographic and capital requirements will have to be challenged by fostering adequate competition amongst the financial institutions, the emergence of digital payment platforms could pose this solution, however adequate regulatory safeguards will have to be put in place to in order to anticipate and prevent market concentration being entrenched by the exploitation of the same digital disruption techniques.
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    State-Wise Analysis of Indian Competition Law Cases and Median Time Taken to Dispose a Case
    (National Law School of India University, 2019) Jain, Sumit
    The dissertation does a quantitative analysis of the cases registered in CCI from 20th May 2009 (inception) to 6th November, 2018. Some of the key pointers are the number of informants in each case, state-wise analysis, relevant sector, time taken to dispose a case and complete DG investigation, presence of dissenting opinion, concurrence between DG and CCI on contravention among others. The aim of the dissertation is to back the intuitive feeling of delay in case laws with evidence backed approach in order to suggest recommendations to the nodal body, i.e. the CCI. A qualitative study of the investigation orders, penalty as well as non-penalty, has also been done in order to further the claim. The findings of the dissertation can be found in Chapter 13, primary among them being real estate sector dominating the largest chunk of the cases. Equally important is the gap between the parameter set by the Supreme Court to complete the investigation and the actual time taken by the DG. Few recommendations include setting up of another office of CCI in Maharashtra as per the relevant provisions of the Act, given that a substantial number of cases come from the state.
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    Affordable Housing in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram: A Study Based on their Master Plans
    (National Law School of India University, 2019) Nambiar, Srilakshmi
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    Impact of India's Digital Growth on Public Opinion: A Study of Fake News, Social Media and Politics in India
    (National Law School of India University, 2019) Ravishanker, Srikanth
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    Effectiveness of Decentralised Governance of Grazing Commons.
    (National Law School of India University, 2019) Prasad, Sowmini G
    With the breakdown of traditional institutions and practices, grazing commons have for long been the most neglected ecosystem and common property resource in the policy space at both the national level and the state levels. Despite being an integral part of the rural economy, providing invaluable ecosystem, economic, social, and cultural services to the local communities, they continue to be assumed as wasted or degraded lands, which has led to a vicious cycle of degradation of both the commons and quality of life of the communities dependent on them. Given this context, the lack of effective governance mechanism and the unwillingness to recognise them as a critical resources has emerged as a key issue which needs to be addressed urgently. As a response to this, efforts are being made to explore decentralised governance, through the institutional framework enabled by the Panchayat Raj Institutions, as a solution. This study examined the workings of the institutional landscape in the context in which the solution has been proposed along with its effectiveness and sustainability as a model for sustainable management of grazing commons, by drawing on experiences of communities who are currently part of such an arrangement. The findings of the study show that despite its advantages in terms of bringing governance closer to the communities and the communities realising perceivable benefits, it suffers from the shortcomings of the PRI institution within which it is situated along with issues of sustainability due to the dynamic nature of dependence of communities on the commons. In order to address these issues, this study recommends a specific policy for grazing commons which assigns it the due importance, integrates this issue within the larger development discourse at every level, and recommends sustained efforts towards strengthening the PRI and continued engagement with Non-Governmental Organisations to ensure effective delivery. Additionally, efforts towards achieving clarity on the legal jurisdiction of commons is recommended as an essential prerequisite to the policy on commons.
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    Public-Private Partnership Models & Access to Universal Health Coverage in India.
    (National Law School of India University, 2019) Gupta., Soumya
    Universal health coverage is extremely vital to catapult a nation’s overall development. However, many financial constraints and limited capacity of the existing health resources has led governments to think about engaging with the private sector entities. This research study aims to present various options and opportunities for PPP in health and aims to understand the preferred models of partnerships available under the Ayushman Bharat scheme (health-insurance program) with an objective of guiding future strategies for healthcare. It encapsulates many interviews of medical practitioners and scholars who are also stakeholders for health policy. The project is reviewed in the later stages on the basis of business model, reach, technology, status for policy analysis.