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Opinion | For a femographic dividend

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 2019
Politics

We need positive change to know what’s possible: Max Roser

Oxford University economist Max Roser says the world needs to be told things are improving, though there are also huge challenges

9 min read9 Oct 2018
Opinion

Educating girls can improve India’s health outcomes

Ensuring 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 2018
Opinion

Kerala and Cuba: Curious twins and winners in public health delivery

Kerala 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 2018
Politics

Karnataka Elections 2018: How has the Congress govt fared in the past 5 years?

Congress'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 2018
Education

266 million adults can’t read, 12 million children out of school: UNESCO

UNESCO'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 2017
Politics

Gujarat elections: How has the state fared under BJP rule?

Gujarat's superlative growth performance and its average social development outcomes both predate BJP rule

4 min read28 Nov 2017
Politics

Chidambaram: Gujarat lags many states on human development parameters

Congress 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 2017
Politics

Andhra CM seeks to ensure at least Rs1.2 lakh annual income by March 2019 for every household

Andhra 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 2017
Opinion

India at 70: how are we doing?

In 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 2017
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The 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

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