Is India winning the battle against extreme poverty?
India is now a middle-income country. The political, policy and administrative systems have to adjust to the new realities India is perhaps no longer home […]
Month: September 2018
Why Is India Still A Developing Nation?
By Subhasish Das The journey of the Indian subcontinent and its tremendous metamorphosis over the last 5000 years is a great example of how civilizations […]
Resolving the farmer-consumer binary
By Ashok Gulati & Carmel Cahill Reforms to domestic market regulations and direct benefit transfers for vulnerable sections of the population could be the win-win solution. […]
Gender: Change must start from the womb itself
By ANANYA CHAKRABORTY Only bad girls ask questions. Only bad girls rebel. Instead, we encourage them to be home-makers. Marriages are considered safe havens for women, […]
India launches sex offenders register to tackle rape epidemic
By Toyin Owoseje Official figures show around 40,000 cases of rape are recorded in India every year India has established its first national sex offenders registry in it’s […]
Alcohol Results in Death of 2.6 Lakh Indians Every Year: WHO Report
New Delhi: At least 2.6 lakh Indians die due to alcohol consumption in India every year, a WHO report said. The causes of death range from […]
Poverty figures drop by 50 million, India on way to become middle-income nation: Study
By KAVEESHA KOHLI Study based on World Bank data says the drop has happened in the past two years, but Congress govt’s NREGA scheme also played […]
India’s unofficial recycling bin: the city where electronics go to die
In Moradabad, whole communities subsist by processing waste created by the world’s love affair with electronic goods. In this extract from their book, Assa Doron and Robin Jeffreyinvestigate […]
India’s Farmlands Vulnerable to Climate Change
By Sagarika Phalke The variability of monsoon rains due to climate change affects Marathwada and Vidarbha regions the most, says a district level study. India is […]
Farming in India unprofitable for nearly 2 decades
By Zia Haq Agriculture in India suffers negative total revenues, implying that assets going out of the sector are more than those flowing in. Farming, therefore, […]