NITI AAYOG - DOCPLAN-MARCH 2024

59, Issue No.11, 16 March, 2024 Summarising the data relevant to the understanding of food production across the country unearths the lack of coordination between the ministries. [...] Using the census data on religion from 2001 to 2011 to describe the changes in religious composition across 640 districts in India, we find that the share of the population of a religious group appears to depend on the differences in growth rates across religions (and not on the absolute growth rates of any given religion) and the baseline share of religion in the previous period. [...] 9, 02 Mar, 2024 Examining the principles laid down by the Supreme Court of India in determining the traditional employer–employee relationship and their application in determining the employment status of gig and platform workers, the paper looks at the legislation and judicial decisions in determining the employment status of platform-based gig workers in other parts of the globe. [...] Arguing that the law on digital labour platforms could not keep pace with the advancement of digital technology, the paper suggests that we have to move beyond the traditional employer–employee relations and draw lessons from the development taking place overseas to examine how far the same may be adopted in the Indian conditions. [...] Power as the ability to influence decision-making and the influence of power centres are not sufficiently examined in the literature on the governance of higher education.