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The State of Tamil Nadu versus The Governor of Tamil Nadu and Anr. 2023
The full text of the judgement by the Supreme Court of India setting timeframes for Governors to respond to Bills passed by Legislative Assemblies.
India State of Forest Report 2023
Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav released the ‘India State of Forest Report 2023 (ISFR 2023) on Dec. 21, 2024
Data: Women and Men in India [PDF 27.8MB]
The National Statistical Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and & Programme Implementation (MoSPI), in August 2024, released the 25th editi
Data: Reports of the Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE) 2021-22 and 2022-23 [PDFs]
The National Sample Survery Office (NSSO) recent;ly released two reports of its Annual Survey of Unincoporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE) for the year
Union Budget 2024-2025: Finance Minister's Speech and Related Documents
The Union Budget, 2024-2025, presented by the Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, and related Budget Documents can be accessed here.
Economic Survey 2023-24 [PDF 7.61 MB] with Statistical Appendix [PDF 3.01 MB]
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Seetharaman presented the Economic Survey 2023-24 at the Union Parliament on July 22, 2024, a day before the Union Budg
General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance won a majority in Parliament for a third consecutive term after the results were declared
Report: National Multidimentional Poverty Index 2023 - A Progress Review 2023 [PDF 34.4 MB]
“The National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A Progress Review 2023 presents the second edition of the national MPI and is a follow-up to the Baselin
COVID-19 Compendium: Official Information on COVID-19 Released by India and the WHO [HTML and PDF]
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
A Treatise on Indian Censuses since 1981
The Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Government of India, has published an e-Book, “A Treatise on Indian Censuses since 1981”.
Full text: Forest Bill “last nail in the coffin” for India’s forest resources, former civil servants caution MPs [PDF 228 KB]
A group of retired senior civil servants has expressed concern over the proposed FCA (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and has urged Members of Parliament to “n
The Sedition Law in India - Select Resources
Article 124A of the Indian Penal Code has been through engaging court speeches, Bills and Acts, Reports of commissions and committees, and insightful
Resources on Sedition from The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy
Links to a Panel Discussion on Free Speech and Sedition in a Democracy organised by The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy on March 24, 2016,
Full Text: Karnataka High Court Judgment on Hijab Restrictions in Educational Institutions
On March 15, 2022, a three-Judge Bench of the High Court of Karnataka, headed by the Chief Justice, Ritu Raj Awasthi, pronounced its verdict on the pe
Draft India Data Accessibility & Use Policy 2022 [PDF 1.34 MB] with Background Note [PDF 1.4MB]
The Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, has published the draft India Data Accessibility and Use Policy 202
Economic Survey 2021-22 [PDF 13.7 MB] with Statistical Appendix [PDF 7.33 MB]
The full text of the Economic Survey 2021-22 (and Statistical Appendix) can be accessed here.
India Railways- Facts and Figures 2016-17 [PDF 5.14 MB]
Periodically, the India Railways comes out with a database of facts and figures that include volume of traffic, freight movement, revenue from commerc
Recommendations of Working Group on Urban Transport for 12th Five Year Plan
Cities and towns in India are expected to contribute about 70 per cent of the country's GDP by the year 2030. Also, India's urban population is likely
Report: High-Level Committee to Study the Impact of NEET on Medical Admissions in Tamil Nadu
A High-Level Committee to Study the Impact of NEET [National Eligibility cum Entrance Test] on Medical Admissions in Tamil Nadu, 2021, submitted its r
Full text: Reuters Institute India Digital News Report [PDF 4.14 MB]
Despite the popularity of online news and social media platforms, India's legacy media are far more widely used by respondents, according to a survey
The Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) Act, 2019
The full text of the 103 rd Constitutional Amendment, which provides for 10 per cent reservation to Economically Weaker Sections, can be accessed here: The Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) Act, 2019 [PDF 1.24 MB] Source: Ministry of Law and Justice, The Gazette of India
The Hindu Centre Ranked 33rd in China, India, Japan, and Korea
The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy has been ranked 33 rd among Think Tanks in the China, India, Japan, and Republic of South Korea region by the 2018 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report prepared by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, The Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania. [ Ranking Table on p 85 of the Report ]. 2018 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report [PDF 1.58 MB] Source: University of Pennsylvania: ScholarlyCommons
Budget Documents: Vote on Account - 2019-2020
With the next General Election scheduled for May, 2019, the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) Vote on Account, 2019-20, contained announcements that favoured important segments of the electorate: farmers, informal workers, and salaried employees. The Vote on Account was presented to the Lok Sabha on February 1, 2019, by Piyush Goyal, Union Finance Minister. Arun Jaitley, who presented the previous NDA government's budgets since 2014, was undergoing medical treatment in the U.S. [Related link]. A selection of important documents relating to the Vote on Account, 2019-20, can be accessed here: Interim Budget, 2019-2020: Speech by Piyush Goyal [PDF 340 KB] Source: Ministry of Finance, Government of India Budget at a Glance 2019-2020 [PDF 482 KB] Source: Ministry of Finance, Government of India Budget Profile [PDF 485 KB] Source: Ministry of Finance, Government of India Expenditure of Government of India [PDF 421 KB] Source: Ministry of Finance, Government of India Status of Implementation of Budget Announcements, 2018-19 [PDF 66.8 KB] Source: Ministry of Finance, Government of India The Finance Bill, 2019 [PDF 104 KB] Source: Ministry of Finance, Government of India Vote on Account for Expenditure of the Central Government [PDF 194 KB] Source: Ministry of Finance, Government of India Related Link : The Hindu . 2019 . " Goyal gets additional charge of Finance ", January 24.
"Reorganisation of Uttar Pradesh should not be postponed" - The 34
The 34th C.D. Deshmukh Memorial Lecture was delivered by Jairam Ramesh, former Union Minister and Senior Visiting Fellow, The Hindu Cent
Data: India in Figures - 2018
This publication, India in Figures, 2018 , by the Social Statistics Division of the Central Statistics Office (CSO), gives topline data on economic, social, and environmental issues on India. The 37-page publication contains 11 chapters, which include Demographic Profile, Economic Development, Infrastructure, Environment, Health and Work. It concludes with data on India's progress on meeting the MDG goals. India in Figures 2018 [PDF 1.61 MB] Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India