India’s gram panchayats prepare development plans to access funds, but without meaningful community input and structural constraints, local needs are often sidelined ...

From placing the emphasis on plastic management rather than production and over-riding stringent state laws, the dilution of ...

A higher volume of counterfeit currency is now being seized in fewer cases, crime records show. Fewer notes are turning up in ...

Suicides in Indian prisons are significantly higher than in the general population, yet most psychiatrist posts remain vacant ...

Why There Have Been So Few Women In India's Administrative Services The expectation to balance their roles at home as caregivers as well as their jobs, along with covert biases within the ...

How Dubious Data, Fading Tech Shape India's Global Plastic Stance As nations negotiate a binding plastics treaty, India leans on outdated figures and unproven solutions to justify its stance ...

Survey limitations and omissions of the ultra‑rich and the most vulnerable are leading to a skewed picture of inequality ...

Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) provide large employment opportunities at lower capital cost than large industries, but this sector is plagued by low levels of registration. As per the ...

India Has Mental Health Pensions But They Rarely Reach The Affected For many persons with psychosocial disabilities across India, the disability pension was insufficient, inconsistent or nonexistent ...

How Rising Pollution Is Affecting Dal Lake Over the years, the contours of the lake have changed with the periphery changing into marshy land, and the lake’s aquatic ecosystem changing with growing ...

New Delhi: Some 2.4 million Indians die of treatable conditions every year, the worst situation among 136 nations studied for a report published in The Lancet. Poor care quality leads to more deaths ...