-The Hindu Business Line The number of animals-in-milk rose to 80.52m, says 19th Livestock Census (2012) There was an overall decline of 3.33 per cent in the total livestock population in the country, according to the 19th Livestock Census (2012), compared to the 2007 census. In 2012, the total livestock population, consisting of buffaloes, sheep, Goats, pigs, horses and ponies, mules, donkeys, camels, mithun and yak, stood at 512.05 million in 2012 against...

-The Business Standard Ending open defecation by 2019 will require changing minds, not just allocating money to build latrines for people that will either go unused or not be built at all During Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day speech, we learned that his Swachch Bharat Mission to eliminate open defecation in India by Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary, would begin in less than two months on October 2. What was...

-The Guardian Third world or global south? Pro-poor or pro-wealth? The term ‘development' is a minefield that eclipses the real issues The idea of "development" can still conjure up romantic visions among some about helping to improve the lives of people in the "third world" through sheer goodwill. Yet we hold on to the term and defend it. We also hold on to the UK's Department for International Development or the millennium...

-The Hindu   The reassuring message in the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana is that in pursuing its economic objectives, the government wants to accord an important role to the public sector even while relying on market mechanisms The Goal is hard to achieve. It is costly and unviable. It will create huge stresses in the banking system. The Narendra Modi government's Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (JDY), an ambitious scheme for financial...

- Economic and Political Weekly Universalising health coverage is the current Goal of the health service system in India. Tax-funded insurance for poor families is the method chosen for attaining this objective. The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana was rolled out in 2008 for households below the poverty line, enabling them to access health services in the public and private sectors. However, experience from different countries shows tax-funded insurance systems work well...