NCAER - NATIONAL DATA INNOVATION CENTRE
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
India’s relatively wet climate offers hope even in today’s dire situation. What is needed is the enforcement of programmes aimed at conserving our most precious resource
In India, investing in the laggard States will ensure their role as being the greatest contributors of the future
It is a national tragedy that women unable to find work are dropping out of the labour force
