India Inc’s Gender Diversity Below Global Standards, Plagued By Execution Ills: Survey
Women’s representation in Indian firms, the survey said, stands at around 27 per cent of the country’s total workforce, while globally, this figure is 38 […]
Month: December 2017
India reduces gap with China on prosperity: Study
NEW DELHI: The gap between China and India’s prosperity+ has narrowed by four ranks since 2016 and to a quarter of what it was in 2012, according […]
With village tours, these engineers are reconnecting youth with the grassroots
By QUEENY MAHAJAN Empathy Connects conducts travel programmes to rural India that combine recreation with cultural events, social movements and experiential learning The joys of travelling […]
Niti Aayog is in denial about hunger in India – but the problem is worse than the statistics show
By Sylvia Karpagam  &  Veena Shatrugna Instead of accepting that millions of Indians need better nutrition, the organisation’s economists have argued that the Global Hunger Index is flawed […]
How 3 Outlets in India Are Putting Women Journalists Front and Center
By Subhajit Banerjee In India, where the media coverage around women and gender is often limited to discussions of rape and women’s bodies, a handful of […]
India’s internet has a massive gender problem—and it’s holding girls back
By Ananya Bhattacharya The internet in India has a serious gender problem Just 29% of all internet users in the country are female, according to a […]
Citizens Could Save India’s Environment, If A 15-Year-Old Law Is Used Well
By Manu Moudgil Baiga Chak (Dindori district), Madhya Pradesh: As time progressed, Baiga Chak–the officially recognised traditional habitat of the Baiga tribe known for its myriad species […]
India’s stand on food security deserves gratitude: Swaminathan
As 164 member countries of the WTO brainstorm various issues, India has adopted a tough stand on agriculture, saying absence of a permanent solution to […]
Unshackle Indian agriculture
By Ajit Ranade Export restrictions must go. Monopoly procurement must go. Essential Commodities Act restrictions must go. Arbitrary stocking limits must go The story of pulses […]
India is a fertile environment for impact investing: Bill McGlashan
BYÂ VARSHA MEGHANI The founder of the $2 billion The Rise Fund dismisses the idea that businesses have to compromise on returns to generate impact As […]