Official estimates indicate that 248.2 million people escaped multidimensional poverty in India between 2005-2006 and 2019-2021. In this post, Bhatraju Jithin Sree undertakes a comparative assessment ...

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Some questions and doubts remain about the validity of the hypothesis that economic distress has been the prime driver of the increase in female employment in rural India in recent years.

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In a given year, across Indian states, the more productive a state’s formal manufacturing sector, the smaller the share of that output flows to workers.

There is a significant gap between youth aspirations and attainment in education – particularly for the poorest girls, and those who marry early.

The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), 2024 found some recovery in foundational literacy and numeracy among school students, following a prolonged decline due to learning losses during the ...

Small, low-cost improvements to buildings such as application of high-reflective white paint on roofs of anganwadis can enhance cognitive performance in early childhood.

Historically, India has had a much larger share of workers who are self-employed and a smaller proportion of wage and salaried workers. In this post, Farzana Afridi outlines recent trends in ...

Government of India has recently proposed to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), 2005, with the “Viksit Bharat–Guarantee For Rozgar And Ajeevika Mission ...