India’s generous maternity leave policy fails to cover 99% of women who need it

Adapted from the West, the law applies only to women working in companies with at least 10 employees. A mere 1.3% working women fit that criterion.

Manavi Kapur, qz.com

· Sep 28, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Steep fines alone won’t make India’s roads safer

There is a need to move beyond fear, say experts.

Sangeeta Tanwar, qz.com

· Sep 14, 2019 · 01:30 pm

India should make cooking gas cheaper for the poor and more expensive for the rich, says a new study

With these two changes, the central government’s Ujjwala scheme can help poor families end their dependence on firewood and cow dung.

Bhasker Tripathi, IndiaSpend.com

· Aug 15, 2019 · 01:30 pm

How Modi’s crop insurance scheme benefits private insurers far more than it does farmers

Insurers retained under 12% of the public money that went into earlier crop insurance programmes, the rest was given to farmers. Now they retain up to 44%.

Kannan Kasturi

· Feb 01, 2019 · 09:00 am

Modi’s ambitious crop insurance scheme is failing. Here are the hard facts

Rapid increase in enrolment was to be the hallmark of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana. Instead, coverage is shrinking.

Kannan Kasturi

· Jan 31, 2019 · 09:30 am