India may be the fastest-growing economy, but it lags behind its neighbours on many indicators

India ranks 130 out of 188 countries on the Human Development Index. Its maternal mortality rate is higher than that of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Chaitanya Mallapur, IndiaSpend.com

· Jul 15, 2016 · 11:30 pm

Four charts that show infant mortality has improved only marginally in India

India has higher infant mortality than Bangladesh and Nepal, both poorer countries.

Aashish Gupta and Kanika Sharma

· Jun 29, 2016 · 02:30 pm

India imposed 75 death sentences in 2015, finds Amnesty International report

At least 320 people are still awaiting execution in India.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 06, 2016 · 10:30 am

The main lesson of the 2011 census: Stop using demographic data as a political weapon

The timing of the release of information on religious communities comes suspiciously before Bihar goes to the elections.

John Dayal

· Aug 27, 2015 · 12:30 pm

Census data by religion: Growth rates of all religious communities in India are falling

At this rate, Muslims will take 270 years to outnumber Hindus.

Dilip D’Souza

· Aug 26, 2015 · 09:15 am