India’s Monsoon Paradox

The monsoon is once again showing India’s climate contradiction. A weak monsoon brings fears of drought, lower crop production, rising food prices and reduced rural incomes. Farmers delay sowing, inflation increases, and economic growth...

Realising Rights: An Introduction to the Handbook of Welfare in India

An excerpt from Realising Rights: A Handbook of Welfare in India In the 2000s, the character of the welfare regime began to change. From 2004 onwards, major social policies reflected a significant shift towards...

Read more July 8, 2026 at 12:21 pm Dipa Sinha and Rajendran Narayanan

9TH SMITU KOTHARI FELLOWSHIP 2026

As the Smitu Kothari Fellowship marks its 9th year, the Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA), a New Delhi-based organisation working to strengthen and improve financial accountability in India, invites applications for the Smitu Kothari...

सिजीमाली विरोध-प्रदर्शन एक अहम सवाल उठाते हैं: वित्तीय संस्थानों को ऐसे प्रोजेक्ट्स में जनता का पैसा क्यों लगाना चाहिए जिनसे सामाजिक, पर्यावरणीय और जलवायु-संबंधी नुकसान होता हो?

Read more July 7, 2026 at 5:47 pm Deepmala Patel

Meet the Women Living India’s Microfinance Loan Nightmare

Women bear the burden of a lending system that profits from chronic financial distress as they borrow to pay for food, healthcare and survival. Forty-five-year-old Shabreen (name changed) lives with her two sons and...

Read more July 6, 2026 at 10:09 pm Samali Banerjee

A Census in Question!

With the first phase of India’s long-delayed Census now completed, attention is shifting from the exercise itself to the questions surrounding it. The Census is far more than a population count, it is the...

Whither State Care? India’s Non-Contributory Pension System

Social protection and social security are crucial components of a country’s development agenda. Social security mechanisms not only reflect economic growth but also indicate the capacity of the state to deliver welfare to its...

Read more July 2, 2026 at 7:04 pm Asmi Sharma and Nancy Pathak

More merger of banks and increase in FDI to 49% – Dangerous plan

News reports have stated that the Government of India is going to constitute a committee to look at further merger of public sector banks to four to five from the present 12. We had...

Read more July 1, 2026 at 4:32 pm Thomas Franco

The Social Layers of Wealth Inequality Among Dalits and Adivasis in India

India’s Economic inequality is closely connected to its long-standing system of social stratification, particularly the caste system. Although economic reforms and globalisation have contributed to economic growth and increased incomes for many sections of...

Read more July 1, 2026 at 3:15 pm Beena Pallical & Pritika Pariyar

अल नीनो: भारत के भविष्य पर मंडराता संकट

ताजा पूर्वानुमानों के अनुसार, 2026 के आखरी महीनों में एक अत्यधिक शक्तिशाली अल नीनो उभरने की पूरी आशंका है।वैज्ञानिकों ने भारत पर पड़ने वाले इस संभावित अल नीनो के प्रभाव को चार प्रमुख तिमाहियों...

Read more June 29, 2026 at 11:37 am Raj Kumar Sinha

More Than a Delayed Monsoon

India’s southwest monsoon has entered the season on a worrying note, with rainfall running 35% below normal and central India recording a deficit of 63%. While June rainfall shortages are not uncommon, the current...

जहरीली होती जमीन

आधुनिक विकास के तमाम-ओ-तमाम खटरागों की तरह हमारे यहां खेती भी दिनों-दिन बदहाल होती जा रही है। कमाल यह है कि इस बदहाली को समाज, सरकार और सेठ की हैसियत के नागरिक विकास मानते...

Read more June 22, 2026 at 11:43 am Raj Kumar Sinha

What the NFHS-6 Fact Sheets Reveal

The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) is India’s most comprehensive survey on health, nutrition and population trends. The NFHS-6 fact sheets released so far cover 101 indicators and provide an early snapshot of conditions...

Read more June 22, 2026 at 11:17 am Nancy Pathak

Financial Inclusion has Remained only a Buzzword in Banking

Financial inclusion cannot be measured by the number of loans disbursed; it cannot be measured only by opening bank accounts or simply through digitisation; it cannot be served with the idea of “efficiency”; it...

Read more June 22, 2026 at 10:52 am Anirban Bhattacharya

Reclaiming the Narrative | Storytelling Through Social Media Workshop

A Three-Day Residential Workshop Dates: 24–26 June 2026Location: Pune (Venue to be confirmed) About the Workshop We live in a time when a single post can spark a movement and a single lie can...