India’s women farmers are losing jobs and savings despite the boom in agriculture

Since the reverse migration sparked by the 2020 lockdown, farm owners prefer male returnees over female workers.

Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com

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Geeta Devi, IndiaSpend.com

· Sep 11, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Women’s groups that helped rural India through the pandemic are themselves struggling to survive

Nearly 7.6 crore members of self-help groups have helped in managing the health and nutrition crises in the villages amid Covid-19.

Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com

· Aug 01, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Denied visibility in official data, millions of transgender Indians can’t access social benefits

Nearly all major official data sources provide sex-related data in a binary male-female format, excluding people with non-binary identities.

Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com

· Jun 16, 2021 · 01:30 pm

India’s eight poorest states may have to spend 30% of their health budgets on Covid-19 vaccines

The central government has sufficient funds in its budget allocation to buy doses for all adult citizens and yet the states have been made to bear the expense.

Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com

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Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com

· May 11, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Covid-19: At the current pace, India will need another 13 months to vaccinate 60% of the population

The central government has fast-tracked emergency approvals for foreign-produced vaccines.

Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com

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Kriti Kapur, IndiaSpend.com

· Apr 14, 2021 · 01:30 pm

In India, most large employers flagrantly ignore the legal requirement to provide creches

Meant to boost women's participation in the workforce, the creche rule lies unenforced and unimplemented.

Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com

· Mar 13, 2021 · 09:30 pm

Budget 2021 hasn’t done enough to fix India’s employment crisis, say experts

The budgetary allocation for 2021-’22 for the rural jobs programme is 35% lower than the 2020-’21 revised estimate.

Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com

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Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com

· Feb 04, 2021 · 01:30 pm

As India’s courts went virtual, lack of technology in jails became a major hurdle to justice

About 40% of prisons had no video conferencing facilities, a new report says.

Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com

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Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com

· Jan 31, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Gender pay gap and occupational segregation have followed Indian women into gig economy

The deep-seated issues prevalent in traditional labour markets have carried over into the digital marketplace.

Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com

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Rizvi Saif, IndiaSpend.com

· Jan 12, 2021 · 01:30 pm

India’s official data sources fall short in addressing critical issues of women and girls

Lack of sex-disaggregated data is resulting in a limited understanding of gender issues and poorly designed policies and programmes.

Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com

· Dec 08, 2020 · 07:30 pm

Fourteen years on, no Indian state has fully complied with Supreme Court-ordered police reforms

Only Andhra Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh have complied with most of the directives, reveals a new analysis.

Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com

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Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com

· Sep 27, 2020 · 07:30 pm

India’s strict lockdown pushed its Dalits, Muslims and Adivasis deeper into debt

The loss of income and livelihood forced India’s marginalised groups to take fresh loans, shows a survey.

Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com

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Sadhika Tiwari, IndiaSpend.com

· Sep 12, 2020 · 01:30 pm