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By CPPR February 11, 2006

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Setting an Ideal Retirement Age

By Anonymous March 27, 2015

By Sibin Sabu* In the years to come, retirement age will play an increasingly important role in the framing of public policies of governments across the world. Retirement age has direct and indirect implications on the economic and social conditions in a society. Today, we can find that it varies from a minimum of 45 years in Turkey to 70 years in Australia. 1 Determining the age for retirement is a tricky job for any employer – whether it is the government or a private firm. Several factors play a role in it. Demography Increasing the retirement age allows a state to make use of the productivity of the elder citizens. In fact, there is no point in forcing a healthy and experienced employee to retire early. The term old age dependency ratio becomes relevant in this context. In simple terms, it represents the ratio of percentage of old age population to the working age population. This dependency ratio should be as low as possible and increasing the retireme...

Latin Catholic community of Kerala: Role in 2016 Assembly Elections

By Anonymous June 21, 2016

By Dr D Dhanuraj & Sambhavi Ganesh Latin Catholics (LC) in Kerala number about 20 lakhs with 2 Archdioceses (Verapoly and Trivandrum), and 9 Dioceses. They have a significant presence in Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alleppey, and Thrissur districts. This community is politically influential, which, through its socio-political wing Kerala Latin Catholic Association (KLCA) and Christian Service Society (CSS), protects its interests. Traditionally, Christians in Kerala have supported the UDF alliance and same is the case with the LC also. The major reasons for support are- The professed atheism of the communist party-backed LDF. The involvement of the church in health and education sectors, which the LDF opposes due to its anti-commercialization view. The ‘abstinence’ stance taken by the LDF over alcohol prohibition unlike the clear pro-ban position of the Congress. Even though the LC continued to support UDF during the early yea...

Oil Price Crash – What’s in store for India?

By Anonymous October 05, 2015

By Archana Mavnur* Oil as a commodity has come to run the world for a long time now. It influences other commodity pricing and world power. The OPEC member countries have had the power over oil production, with Saudi Arabia contributing the maximum to the production and exports. However, the ever increasing oil prices have received a jolt several times in the past with the prices falling, causing an impact on the oil exporting countries. Oil prices have dropped to $ 50 a barrel since mid-2014 from $ 105 per barrel. Though quite a few parallels could be drawn from the 1986- 87 fall in prices, few other independent causes also lead to the fall of oil prices. The shale oil production in the US which increased about 70% since 2008 decreased the dependency for the US to import oil from the OPEC nations, causing a drop in oil prices. During the period of 1986-87 also the world witnessed an increase in the supply of oil from oil tanks in North Sea and Mexico because of which oil...