Our women need to be educated not just for its positive social outcomes, but also for the sake of our economy
1 min read27 Aug 2019Oxford University economist Max Roser says the world needs to be told things are improving, though there are also huge challenges
9 min read9 Oct 2018Ensuring that the girl child is educated sets off a virtuous chain reactionimproved literacy leading to delayed age of marriage, fewer and heathier children and corresponding reduction in poverty
3 min read17 Jul 2018Kerala and Cuba have a high female literacy rate but the most important similarity is that they are both winners in public health delivery, especially maternal and child health
3 min read27 Jun 2018Congress's Siddaramaiah is the first chief minister to complete a full term in Karnataka in 15 years but his performance has been average
1 min read27 Mar 2018UNESCO's representative Shigeru Aoyagi says 35% of the world's illiterate population is in India, and there are around 266 million people who can't read and write
2 min read5 Dec 2017Gujarat's superlative growth performance and its average social development outcomes both predate BJP rule
4 min read28 Nov 2017Congress leader P. Chibambaram says the Gujarat model of development fares poorly if HDI parameters like literacy rate and infant mortality rate are taken into account
1 min read19 Nov 2017Andhra Pradesh CM N. Chandrababu Naidu has told officials to come up with ways to ensure every household in the state has annual income of at least Rs1.2 lakh by March 2019
2 min read14 Sep 2017In the seven decades since independence, India has emerged as a robust democracy and a rising economy but it also has a long list of unfinished tasks
8 min read18 Aug 2017The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared