An outdated abortion law is the cause of increasing deaths among young women
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PAISA workshop held at BSSS
A three-day workshop on PAISA: Perspectives of Governance was conducted by Accountability Initiative
Modi declares India open defecation free, claim questioned
PM Narendra Modi declares India ODF on Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary but experts remain sceptical.
Deconstructing the Indian bureaucracy
T.R. Raghunandan’s new book, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Bureaucracy But Were Afraid to Ask provides a satirical and insightful deconstruction of the bureaucracy for the common man
Swachh Bharat? Condition of public toilets continues to be dismal
Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat Mission is being implemented with great gusto, the condition of public toilets in our country continues to be dismal. We gather opinion from people on the street across the national capital on why it is so, and what can be done to improve things.
Odisha Improves Child & Maternal Health, Progresses Faster Than Other Poor States
Odisha, one of India’s poorest states, has made significant progress in reducing child undernutrition—less than India as a whole, but more than other poor states, such as Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
Does Modi’s population control call signal India unable to leverage demographic dividend?Auto Draft
In his Independence Day speech, PM Narendra Modi said India needs to control its population. He asked people to think and act like ‘small families’ that ‘express their patriotism’ by following this policy. Modi said ‘population explosion’ will cause many problems for India’s future generation.
Indian citizens care about water but do Indian voters? What data tells us
The gap between what voters say are key issues for them and whom they choose to vote for is wide and, at times, unfathomable.
India’s 2020 budget paints unrealistic targets
There is widespread disappointment with the union budget, which offers little to jumpstart a slow economy
Govt schools lag private ones despite larger per-student spends
The draft National Education Policy “unequivocally commits to raising investment in education substantially—including a significant increase in public financial investment” and many experts would concur, especially on increasing public spending on school education.