-NetworkIdeas.org India is often mistakenly seen as a country with relatively low economic inequality. In fact, there were always very significant economic inequalities in India, which intersected with social and locational inequalities in complex ways. More significantly, the country’s inequalities widened after the internal and external economic liberalization measures from the early 1990s, which attracted global financial investors and boosted economic growth considerably. The estimates of low inequality are usually based on...

-The Indian Express CVC report analyses 100 major frauds on public sector banks, committed by borrowers from 13 sectors. Among them, an aviation firm that got loans based on its brand name in spite of a poor credit rating; and jewellers who allegedly inflated value of diamonds and submitted fake details on debtors. New Delhi: The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) recently came out with a report that analyses the top 100 bank...

-The Telegraph Higher GDP growth rate has often Been accompanied by slowing job growth, an Azim Premji University report says New Delhi: Job creation has not only failed to keep pace with the country’s GDP growth over the decades, a higher GDP growth rate has often Been accompanied by a slowing job growth, a recent report says. The State of Working India 2018, a report by the Azim Premji University, would come as...

-The Indian Express The IUCDs assume significance as birth spacing through family planning is considered an important intervention for maternal and neonatal health. Dindori: In early January, a 30-year-old woman gave birth to her second child. But dampening her joy was the realisation that a copper-based intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD) had Been inserted in her body without her consent. The woman’s account is echoed by many others who allege that the IUCD, commonly...

-The Telegraph We rank 138th out of 180 countries on press freedom, and among the highest for murders of journalists pending investigation India’s list of dubious distinctions is growing, especially with regard to the fourth estate. If it were not bad enough that the country has steadily Been sliding downward each year on the World Press Freedom Index — at present, it ranks 138th out of 180 countries, just one place ahead...