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Welfare State

  • How India’s social welfare regime has evolved and what challenges lie ahead

    How India’s social welfare regime has evolved and what challenges lie ahead

    Andaleeb Rahman
    · Jul 10, 2024 · 09:00 am
  • How Hindutva is reshaping India’s classrooms

    How Hindutva is reshaping India’s classrooms

    Gaurav Mukherjee
    · May 01, 2024 · 09:00 am
  • Yamini Aiyer interview: With jobless growth, welfare has become a ‘compensation’, not a public right

    Yamini Aiyer interview: With jobless growth, welfare has become a ‘compensation’, not a public right

    Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
    · Apr 26, 2024 · 11:30 am
  • What do children dying of malnutrition in Gujarat tell us about the India development story?

    What do children dying of malnutrition in Gujarat tell us about the India development story?

    Shoaib Daniyal
    · Jul 31, 2023 · 09:00 am
  • ‘Freebie’ row: Six charts explain why states must be allowed to make their own decisions on welfare

    ‘Freebie’ row: Six charts explain why states must be allowed to make their own decisions on welfare

    Deepanshu Mohan
    · Aug 30, 2022 · 09:00 am
  • Promises, promises: Imran Khan wants to create a welfare state like the Prophet

    Promises, promises: Imran Khan wants to create a welfare state like the Prophet

    Pervez Hoodbhoy, Dawn.com
    · Oct 26, 2021 · 01:30 pm
  • More than jobs and cash transfers, Bihar’s poorest want better public health services

    More than jobs and cash transfers, Bihar’s poorest want better public health services

    Arunabh Saha, Indiaspend.com
    · Jun 22, 2019 · 01:30 pm
  • Budget 2019 caps Modi’s shift to welfare populism. What happened to minimum government?

    Budget 2019 caps Modi’s shift to welfare populism. What happened to minimum government?

    Shoaib Daniyal
    · Feb 01, 2019 · 09:43 pm
  • Lynchings in India: A doctor explains the pathology of normalising extreme violence

    Lynchings in India: A doctor explains the pathology of normalising extreme violence

    Abhay Shukla
    · Sep 06, 2018 · 02:30 pm
  • Could the virtual world of Pokémon Go be used to help rich Indians see real struggles of the poor?

    Could the virtual world of Pokémon Go be used to help rich Indians see real struggles of the poor?

    Reetika Khera
    · Jul 30, 2016 · 05:30 pm