Mumbai: Even though hilly states, such as Arunachal Pradesh, have large government debt to Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) Ratios–that is the ratio of their debt to the total value of all ...

Cheap to buy and easy to ignore, bidi powers a vast economy that thrives on labour violations, policy loopholes and health ...

A fraction of people use air conditioners in India but these ACs together consume just about as much energy as all the ...

Urban Indian women spend more time working in paid employment but they spend as much time as their rural counterparts in unpaid care and domestic work in the household.

‘Caste Census Essential Tool To Advance Social Justice’ Welfare policies and affirmative action have improved outcomes for the marginalised, but the progress has been uneven within broad caste groups, ...

Why India Needs To Urgently Address Gender Gap In Digital Skills Fewer women use or own mobile devices, and even fewer possess the skills required to leverage the devices and participate in the ...

The lack of medical certification of deaths means that India does not have accurate cause-of-death data, which is central to planning post-pandemic healthcare responses, according to experts ...

Why India’s Fight Against Smoking Needs A Behavioural Shift A quarter century since the first public smoking bans came into place, smoking still leads to about 1 million deaths every year in India ...

Unfinished Business: India’s Coal Mine Closure Crisis Threatens Just Transition The slow pace of mine closure is a clear disregard of both environmental protection and the well-being of ...

11 Richest States Allocate 4% Of Budget For Justice Delivery Overall, per capita spending for states was estimated to be Rs 1,667 on police, Rs 353 and Rs 67 on judiciary and prisons respectively, and ...

The Shrinking Forests In India’s Green Frontier India’s northeast is losing forest cover rapidly, which experts say could worsen with dilutions in forest laws ...

Without functional computers, smart classrooms, and digital libraries, millions of students miss out on the benefits of digital learning.