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

94 million Indians are at greater risk from coronavirus because of lack of access to clean water

Poor sanitation in community toilets and open defecation will also exacerbate the problem.

Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com

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Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com

· Jun 12, 2020 · 08:30 pm

In 2018, India reported a stalking case every 55 minutes. The actual number may be even higher

The number of cases reported in the country has been rising since 2015.

Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com

· Feb 13, 2020 · 09:30 pm

In public schools across Bihar, students are growing their own vegetables in ‘nutrition gardens’

The Ankuran programme was launched by the state government along with UNICEF India.

Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com

· Dec 11, 2019 · 01:30 pm

In Mumbai, much of the police force lives in tiny crumbling apartments

There are not enough houses for India’s police personnel and those who do have accommodation are highly dissatisfied with it, said a recent report.

Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com

· Oct 08, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Climate change will worsen India’s farm crisis and increase income inequality, find studies

If all countries manage to achieve all their climate commitments, the Earth will still get 3°C warmer by 2100.

Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com

· Dec 22, 2018 · 09:30 pm