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Despite the ‘Investing in People’ Rhetoric, Budget 2025 Does Little for the Social Sector

Despite the ‘Investing in People’ Rhetoric, Budget 2025 Does Little for the Social Sector
01.02.2025 8

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Dipa Sinha

India's Education Landscape Needs an Overhaul – 'No Detention' Is Only a Scapegoat

24.01.2025 10

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Dipa Sinha

Despite Fresh Data, We Still Don’t Know How Many Indians Are Poor

14.01.2025 20

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Dipa Sinha

What Kind of Future Are We Building for Our Children?

November, in some ways, is the month for children. November 14 is celebrated as children’s day in India, marking the birth anniversary of Pandit...

29.11.2024 5

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Dipa Sinha

Depressed Demand Is a Sign of Low Income

The issue of slow private consumption demand in India has once again come up for discussion, Stagnant rural wages and the resulting demand deficit...

08.11.2024 3

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Dipa Sinha

India's Demographic Dividend Can't Become a Lost Cause

There is a lot of emphasis on skill training for young people in the country, to the extent that many lay the major blame of unemployment on lack...

25.10.2024 10

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Dipa Sinha

We’re Still Asking the Wrong Question About Food Insecurity in India

The United Nations marks October 16 th as the ‘World Food Day’. In October every year, since 2006, the Global Hunger Index (GHI) is also released...

18.10.2024 5

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Dipa Sinha

Why Women’s Employment Is a Conundrum in India

The recently released Annual Report of the latest Period Labour Force Survey (2023-24) shows a continuation in the trend of increasing labour force...

04.10.2024 2

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Dipa Sinha

NHA: What the Health Expenditure Data Tells Us and the Questions That Remain

The Union health ministry released the National Health Accounts (NHA) for India for the years 2020-21 and 2021-22 earlier this week (25 th...

27.09.2024 10

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Dipa Sinha

Healthcare for the Elderly: Is Insurance the Best Solution?

The government has recently announced an extension of the Ayushman Bharat–Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) scheme for all old persons...

13.09.2024 4

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Dipa Sinha

Beyond Food Security: It's Time India Focus its Policy Efforts on Concerns Over Dietary Diversity

Although poor nutritional outcomes among the Indian population are a well-known problem, there is not enough discussion in policy circles on what...

30.08.2024 10

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Dipa Sinha

Beyond Food Security: It's Time India Focus its Policy Efforts on Concerns Over Dietary Diversity

Although poor nutritional outcomes among the Indian population are a well-known problem, there is not enough discussion in policy circles on what...

30.08.2024 10

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Dipa Sinha

How Reservations Ensure Democratisation of Public Services

The recent furore over the Union government’s proposal for lateral entry into senior civil service positions raised an important issue which needs...

24.08.2024 2

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Accountability Vacuum: In India, Inequality Reigns, Jobs Vanish, and Citizens Are on Their Own

Many have written about the inappropriateness of the supply-side economics underlying current economic policy in India. It has been argued that in...

09.08.2024 2

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Dipa Sinha