-Economic and Political Weekly Despite being the third largest economy in the world by purchasing power party, the Living Standards of India's underprivileged citizens are probably among the worst in the world. Even its much poorer neighbours, such as Nepal and Bangladesh, have fared better in areas of health and social development. Please click here to download the article. ...
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Punjab tops states in prosperity, Kerala on equity -Surojit Gupta & Sidhartha
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Maharashtra has the highest per capita income, but when it comes to prosperity, Punjab tops the chart while Madhya Pradesh is at the very bottom. In terms of equity, Kerala pips Punjab to the top slot, while Andhra Pradesh has the highest levels of disparity, says a new study that ranks states based on pattern of ownership of consumer durables. The soon-to-be released report by ratings and...
More »A reason to go to school -Anirudh Krishna
-The Indian Express Demonstrations of success are necessary to uphold faith in education in rural areas. I have lived for part of the last several years in a small village not far from a busy tourist town in central India. There was no electric power when I first moved in. Many homes now have power, and most have cellphones. Nearly all children go to school, at least through the primary level. Ten years...
More »Underweight and Stunted Children: The Indian Paradox -R Nithya
-Newsclick.in Recent studies have shown that even as India fares better than many developing regions of the world on several indicators of growth and development such as GDP, per capita, Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), literacy, life expectancy, etc., the number of malnourished children in India is significantly high. What explains this paradox? The Union Cabinet recently approved a multi-sectoral nutritional programme proposed by the Ministry of Women and Child Development to reduce...
More »Help internal migrants, don’t discount their worth
-The Hindustan Times In many ways, they are the nowhere people. Now a Unesco report Social Inclusion of Internal Migrants in India puts the number of internal migrants at around a third of the population. This number is far higher than the number of migrants who leave India to work abroad. Yet, since most internal migrants move back and forth according to where they can find work, they get left out...
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