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

As nations negotiate a binding plastics treaty, India leans on outdated figures and unproven solutions to justify its stance ...

How Industries, Chemicals Ministry Influenced India’s Plastic Rules From placing the emphasis on plastic management rather than production and over-riding stringent state laws, the dilution of India’s ...

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

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

32,000 Indians Say They Possess Exotic Animals In Post-COVID Amnesty The environment ministry offered amnesty to Indians holding undocumented exotic animals as a first step towards regulating their ...

At the primary level, tribal children see higher enrolment rates than the all-India average, but many do not continue to secondary and higher secondary school ...

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.

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 ...

Maddam Adhilakshmi, a farmer from Ipuru village in Andhra Pradesh, faces similar challenges. "Summers starting as early as February and lack of seasonal rainfall has affected the crop yield ...