Consumerism, sustainable consumption, and consumer citizenship in the Indian context Anuradha Binnuri, Rajanikanth M Cogent Business and Management, 2024 The 20th century witnessed a surge in global economic activities, which propelled the growth of the consumer movement. Unfortunately, this also results in the overconsumption of natural resources, endangering the sustainability of society, the economy, and the environment. Consumption-oriented market-driven marketing practices encourage unsustainable production and consumption. Consumers must protect their rights in the marketplace without negatively impact the resources of future generations. Consumption patterns in the market lead to depletion of societal resources. All human consumption-related activities impact the environment; therefore, it is necessary to change consumer values and lifestyles to ensure that consumption leads to sustainability. Changes in consumers’ attitudes, behaviors, and lifestyles towards the environment lead to sustainable consumption. A consumer citizen is a consumer who is conscious of society and the environment and purchases products with no adverse consequences. In this regard, this conceptual study proposes consumer citizenship as a tool for addressing both consumer protection and sustainable consumer issues. Data were collected from secondary sources. This study is limited to the Indian context when dealing with consumer protection laws and regulations. The paper concludes that consumer awareness and active participation are needed for a sustainable future, and consumer citizenship can be a better solution to encourage sustainable consumption.
An analysis of the impact of India’s Labour Codes on its organized and unorganized sectors Rajrishi Ramaswamy, Dr. Anuradha Binnuri Cogent Social Sciences, 2023 Labour law in India consisted of various legislations, most of whose underlying objectives were furthering social welfare and security. India’s labour laws saw a supposed revolution in 2020, with the consolidation of the existing laws into four new Labour Codes. This article focuses exclusively on the impact of the Codes on India’s unorganized sector as well as its Information Technology (“IT”) Sector in which the pink-slip trend is rampant. It also studies how the inapplicability of the Codes to the unorganized sector adversely affects its stakeholder. This analysis is much needed, especially in light of recent socio-economic trends pertaining to labourers in India, especially in newer sectors like Information Technology, specifically the pink-slip trend in the IT sector which was seen to be rampant during the COVID pandemic period. The analysis on the unorganized sector is also significant as it highlights the lacunae in the existing laws and also emphasizes on the insufficient reforms ushered in by the Labour Codes. The article uses the doctrinal methodology of legal research to gather and analyze the data. It also provides an overview of the labour law regime in India and its culmination into the four Labour Codes and ultimately establishes the insufficiency of the Codes in their existing form and suggests prospective reforms.
Climate Change Mitigation and Governance Policy Frameworks: Designing a Research Background Avinash Singh, Anuradha Binnuri Ecs Transactions, 2022 Present paper has undertaken a wider approach towards dealing with the climate change mitigation with an integration model wherein the policymakers are advised to draw a standard framework (however, suitable policy modulations shall be infused as per the requisite situations) across the cities in India. Climate change in one of the fundamental issue that the present society faces as of today and mitigation strategies that have been deployed across the society for successful implementation have been also confronting issues in real life world. One of the major contribution of the paper is to formulate a research for the integrated measures that the Indian cities can adopt to facilitate the climate change mitigation. Therefore, the need of hours is policy infusion with the legal machineries that could be the only possible if policymaking is integrated at the local governance level. Henceforth, the present research design tries to solve the issues with a holistic approach and could be further enhanced for other governance frameworks.
