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 ...

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

As nations negotiate a binding plastics treaty, India leans on outdated figures and unproven solutions to justify its stance ...

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 ...

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 ...

New Delhi: The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) recorded 236 victims (or 0.006% of all crime victims) who were transgender persons in 2020 and registered no cases of rape, buying and selling of ...

Mumbai: Road accidents in India fell 6% in a decade to 2022, but a higher percentage of these were fatal crashes--up from a quarter of all accidents in 2012 to a third in 2022. As a result, deaths ...