A new study by the India Human Development Survey suggests consumption growth may have moderated in recent years but may not have declined

Sonalde Desai warns, “Whether we like it or not, Coronavirus is knocking on the door, and we have two weeks to prepare.”

Without policy and legislative changes along with the refusal to alter conventional mindsets, India’s female population is unlikely to emerge from the morass of poor economic performance

According to the 2011 census, 7.4 million people in the country were married before the age of 18 years, 88 per cent of whom were girls. UP, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Bihar, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, together amounted to 70 per cent of child marriages in India

The national discourse can ill-afford the danger of being hijacked by the poor quality of data