Context: The #MeToo campaign has implications for the much-debated issue of India’s female labour force. India's female labour force participation rate: The country’s female labour force participation rate (LFPR)—the share…
Context: For thousands of communities across India, the process of getting drinking water is now the same as the process of getting cash: they head to an ATM. Facts: With 82 crore…
Context: Though migration is expected to enhance consumption and lift families out of absolute poverty at the origin, it is not free from distress — distress due to unemployment or underemployment in…
About 1.4 million people move to cities around the world every week; nearly 55% of the world’s population now lives in urban areas. Ahead of October 31, World Cities Day,…
Background: The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration is the world’s first, intergovernmentally negotiated agreement covering all dimensions of international migration in a holistic and comprehensive manner. It…
Context: Gender inequality across the world is associated with disproportionate death rates among girls under five years old, according to an analysis of data from 195 countries, including India. The…
Context: If Indian states were countries, three states would have the third, fourth and fifth worst rates of female suicide in the world, recent data shows. Men commit suicide at…
Context: At least one in five Indian children under the age of five are ‘wasted,’ which means they have extremely low weight for their height, reflecting acute under-nutrition, according to…
Context: No one person has had a bigger influence on the shaping of India than Mahatma Gandhi. He was at once a man of action and a visionary. He worked and…
Context: The Supreme Courtruled that women, of all age group, can enter Sabarimala temple in Kerala. The apex court in a 4:1 majority said that the temple practice violates the…
