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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Why does the Global Zero Waste Forum matter for India’s waste management?
Forum will demonstrate practical patchways for implementing zero-waste pathways and help mobilise finance, investment The upcoming Global Zero Waste Forum in Istanbul, Turkey from June 5-7 is not just another international conference with glossy...
The Sijimali protests raise a crucial question: why should financial institutions invest public money in projects generating social, environmental, and climate-related harm
In March 2023, the Government of Odisha granted a 50-year mining lease to Vedanta Limited for the captive extraction of bauxite in the Sijimali Hills located in the Rayagada and Kalahandi districts. Both districts...
India’s waste management rules have a burning problem
Rajpal Saini, who retired from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)’s sanitation department, founded the Khatta Hatao Dehat Bachao Sangharsh Samiti to resist the waste-to-energy incineration (WTE) plant in Bawana, Delhi. “Residents have lost access...
Who Pays for India’s AI Revolution? | Editorial
Finance Matters | 22 May 2026 Prime Minister Narendra Modi is projecting India as the next global hub for artificial intelligence, with companies like Google, Microsoft and OpenAI pouring billions into data centres. The...
The ‘cockroaches’ India’s elite created — and can’t exterminate
When India’s Chief Justice Surya Kant compared unemployed young people to cockroaches last week, he probably expected outrage, maybe an apology cycle and then silence. What he got instead was 15 million Instagram followers in five...
Environmentalism is not an obstacle to progress. It is the last warning system before irreversible damage
If this warning system is silenced through courtroom suspicion, bureaucratic intimidation, and financial strangulation, it would weaken India’s capacity to defend itself against ecological collapse The Honourable Chief Justice of India’s recent remarks on...
The Cockroach Movement – OpEd
When India’s Chief Justice Surya Kant compared unemployed young people to cockroaches last week, he probably expected outrage, maybe an apology cycle, and then silence. What he got instead was fifteen million Instagram followers in five days,...
Fuel, Inflation and the Household Burden
India’s inflation story is beginning to look more fragile than the headline numbers suggest. Retail inflation, measured through the Consumer Price Index (CPI), remains below the RBI’s comfort level at 3.48 per cent in...
भारत के शहर क्यों बन रहे हैं आग के गोले?
एक अध्ययन के अनुसार, ग्रामीण इलाकों की तुलना में शहरी इलाकों में बहुत ज्यादा तापमान बढ़ रहा है। पृथ्वी इस समय अतिरिक्त 1.9 डिग्री गर्म होने की ओर है जो पेरिस समझौते के लक्ष्य...
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