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India’s Renewables Investment in 2016 = Cost Of 11 Coal-Fired Power Plants
A week after US President Donald Trump accused India–falsely, as Factchecker reported on June 2, 2017–of being free to add as many coal-fired power plants that it wanted, a new global report has...
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Why A Bountiful Harvest Drove Farmers To Despair And Anger
Indore: Vehicles set on fire by agitating farmers in Madhya Pradesh on June 7, 2017. Amravati / Mumbai: A plentiful harvest in 2016 and imports drive some prices down 63%. A shortage of cash because...
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Child Marriages—Especially Of Girls—Rise in Urban India, Decline In Rural
Representational image Underage marriages, especially of girls, are rising in urban India and declining in rural India, according to a new analysis of census data, but while the immediate reasons...
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37 Returns Instead Of 13—And Other Challenges Threatening July 1 GST Rollout
A small-scale manufacturing company with operations in only one state will have to file a minimum of 37 returns instead of the current 13 once the goods and services tax (GST) goes live from July 1,...
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How 15,080 Profitable Indian Companies Paid No Tax in 2015-16
Tax incentives allowed 15,080 profit-making Indian companies to have effective tax rates of zero, and in some cases less than zero, in 2015-16, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of the latest...
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Little Local Involvement As 50 Mining Districts Set To Spend $900 Million
Piped water supply to construction of hostels to stadiums, local governments have big plans for the $900 million collected from mining companies under a 2015 law, but the people living in these...
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As India Ages, Indians Seeks Universal Pension From The Government
India’s 860 million-strong working population (15-64 years), the world’s largest, is beginning to age. Over the next 33 years, by 2050, 32.4 million Indians, or 20% of the population, will be above...
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India Now Faces $49.1 Bn Farm-Loan Waivers–16 Times 2017 Budget For Rural Roads
Farmers from the southern state of Tamil Nadu pose half shaved during a protest to press for their demands from the federal government, in New Delhi. As demands for farm-loan waivers grow across...
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Over 7 Years, 2 Civilians Died A Week In Police Firing
Two civilians died every week, on average, in police firing in India, according to national crime data for the years 2009 to 2015. The data provide perspective to the death of six farmers in...
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‘Sanitation Workers Clean Our Cities, But They Are Denied Even Minimum Wage’
After a decade-long legal battle, the Supreme Court in April 2017 ruled that permanent jobs be given to 2,700 contract workers of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), India’s richest...
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Dalits Are Still Converting To Buddhism, But At A Dwindling Rate
A Dalit or lower caste “untouchable” shouts anti-government slogans during a gathering of in New Delhi, November 4, 2001. Thousands of Dalits embraced Buddhism during the huge mass conversion ceremony...
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Shame, Taboo Resulting In Unhygienic Menstrual Practices Across Much of India
Only in seven of India’s 36 states/union territories did 90% or more women in the 15-24 age group use hygienic protection during menstruation, according to the latest national health data. Not...
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Older, Prosperous Bengaluru Registers More Crime
Bengaluru: While older, more prosperous Bengaluru localities witnessed the most crime in 2015, a third of the city reported no crime through the year, according to an analysis by 101reporters.com...
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Caring Like A Kangaroo: India Can Cut Neonatal Death Toll, World’s Highest
Somashekar Nimbalkar, Head of Department of Pediatrics, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat and coordinator of the Advanced Neonatal Resuscitation Program of the Indian Academy of...
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Cruelty In Marriage, Molestation Most Common Crimes Against Women In Bengaluru
In Bengaluru, on January 10, 2017, citizens protest molestation incidents that occurred on New Year’s Eve. Bengaluru: More than 70% of crimes against women reported in Bengaluru in 2015 consisted of...
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India To Become 2-4◦ C Warmer, But Heat Deaths Are Preventable
Through hoardings, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation is spreading awareness about heatstroke preventative measures, such as staying indoors, covering the head with a cap or wet cloth and taking rest...
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Thousands Lose Jobs, Wages As Restive Kashmir’s Tourism Economy Dwindles
Rizwan Ahmad Bhat, standing near his Shikara (boat) at Dal Lake in Srinagar. His Shikara hardly gets any visitors this summer. Until July 2016, nearly 1.3 million tourists had poured into Kashmir over...
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Impersonation, Identity Theft Most Common Cyber Crimes Reported In Bengaluru
Bengaluru: A Kannada film actress was recently in the news for filing a police complaint alleging that unknown persons had morphed and circulated “nude” pictures of her on social media. Some months...
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India Better Than Only Pakistan Among 19 Neighbours In Improving Health Access
India did better only than Pakistan over 15 years to 2015 among 19 countries in South and Southeast Asia (including China) by potential and actual healthcare access and quality. The second largest...
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Basic Income Could Empower Millions Of Indians, But India May Find Cost Too High
In a country where 21% of the population lives below the poverty line (of Rs 816 per capita per month in rural areas, and Rs 1,000 in urban areas), where the top 10% of the population own 53% of its...
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