As nations negotiate a binding plastics treaty, India leans on outdated figures and unproven solutions to justify its stance ...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

A higher volume of counterfeit currency is now being seized in fewer cases, crime records show. Fewer notes are turning up in ...

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.

‘Caste Census Essential Tool To Advance Social Justice’ Welfare policies and affirmative action have improved outcomes for the marginalised, but the progress has been uneven within broad caste groups, ...

Unfinished Business: India’s Coal Mine Closure Crisis Threatens Just Transition The slow pace of mine closure is a clear disregard of both environmental protection and the well-being of ...

11 Richest States Allocate 4% Of Budget For Justice Delivery Overall, per capita spending for states was estimated to be Rs 1,667 on police, Rs 353 and Rs 67 on judiciary and prisons respectively, and ...