“The National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A Progress Review 2023 presents the second edition of the national MPI and is a follow-up to the Baseline Report published in November 2021. It provides multidimensional poverty estimates for India’s 36 States & Union Territories, along with 707 administrative districts across 12 indicators of the national MPI. These estimates have been computed using data from the 5th round of the NFHS (NFHS-5) conducted in 2019-21, employing the same methodology as the baseline report. This edition also presents the changes in multidimensional poverty between the survey periods of NFHS-4 (2015-16) and NFHS-5 (2019-21).”

A group of retired senior civil servants has expressed concern over the proposed FCA (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and has urged Members of Parliament to “not pass it in its present form” as it would “nullify the very Act it seeks to amend, and will prove to be the last nail in the coffin for the existing forest resources of the country.”

The Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Government of India, has published an e-Book, “A Treatise on Indian Censuses since 1981”. The publication contains nine chapters, five of which are devoted to the Censuses between 1981 and 2011. The other four chapters are an Introduction; Objectives, Essential Features and Utility of Census; Elements of Census Operations; Approach to the 16th Census, and Concepts and Definitions used in Census of India.

The 696-page publication, released by the Union Home Minister, Amit Shah on May 21, 2023, can be accessed here as an External Link.

An up-to-date compilation of more than 1,800 official statements by the Government of India from January 17, 2020. Links to articles published by The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy on COVID-19, daily State-wise Status by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, all-India SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Testing Status by the Indian Council of Medical Research, and the WHO's 'Global Situation Reports' and 'India Updates' are also provided on this page.