Uniform Civil Code: The Importance of an Inclusive and Voluntary Approach
The call for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has long featured on the agenda of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and found mention in ...
ECI: Documents for Voting, Model Code of Conduct, Handbooks for Media and Presiding Officers [HTML and PDF]
"The Election Commission of India has directed that all electors in all constituencies who have been issued Electors Photo ...
Full Text: Letter from former Civil Service Officers to the President of India on the Election Commission of India [HTML and PDF]
Former Civil Service officers, including former Ambassadors, Secretaries to the Government of India, and officers who have held ...
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, ...
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: National Accounts Statistics - May 2018
This document, National Accounts Statistics 2018, by the National Accounts Division of the Central Statistics Office (CSO), ...
Judgments on disqualification of MLAs in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
On August 22, 2017, as many as 19 AIADMK MLAs, owing allegiance to MLA T.T.V. Dinakaran, met Governor Vidayasagar Rao and handed ...
‘Nobody's Children, Owners of Nothing’: Analysing the Indian State’s Policy Response to the Rohingya Refugee Crisis
The political exclusion of Rohingya Muslims in post-colonial Burma and the waves of violence against them in the form of a ...
Official Documents: Justice B.N. Srikrishna Committee Report and Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018
On Juy 31, 2017, the Government of India appointed a 10-member Committee of Experts headed by Justice B.N. Srikrishna, former ...
The Politics and Governance of Social Policies in Delhi: Comparing Cash and In-kind Transfers
This Policy Report, The Politics and Governance of Social Policies in Delhi : Comparing Cash and In-kind Transfers, acknowledges ...
Governance by Fear in Tamil Nadu: A Template from Thoothukudi
Thoothukudi, in southern Tamil Nadu, found its place in recorded history preceding even that of the State’s capital, Chennai.
Data: EnviStats India 2018
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India, has brought out a statistical publication on ...
Data: Children in India 2018 - A Statistical Appraisal
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India, has come out with a publication, "Children in India ...
Official Document: Economic Survey 2017-18: Volumes 1 and 2
The full text of the annual Economic Survey 2017-18, in two volumes, can be accessed here:
National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16
The 2015-16 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4), the fourth in the NFHS series, provides information on population, health, and ...
India: Health of the Nation’s States
A new report by the Indian Council of Medical Research, the Public Health Foundation of India, and the Institute for Health ...
Public Policy and the Child in Tamil Nadu
The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy and UNICEF, Chennai, organised a Round Table on Public Policy and the Child in ...
Official Draft: National Patient Safety Implementation Framework
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has invited comments on a Draft National Patient Safety Implementation Framework ...
Official Draft: Rules and Regulations under the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has published the Draft Rules and Regulations under the Mental Healthcare Act, ...
National Health Profile 2017
The Central Bureau of Health Intelligence has been publishing an annual National Health Profile of India since 2005. According to ...
National Policy on Prison Reforms and Correctional Administration
The National Policy on Prison Reforms and Correctional Administration and The Model Prison Manual 2016 in PDF can be accessed ...
NITI Aayog: Draft Three Year Action Agenda
With the end of the Five Year Plan process, the NITI Aayog, the Government of India's premier think tank which replaced the ...
NITI Aayog: Appraisal Document of Twelfth Five Year Plan 2012-17
The NITI Aayog has published the Appraisal Document of the Twelfth Five Year Plan at its website. The document holds out a caution ...
NITI Aayog Data: State Statistics
The NITI Aayog has published a compilation of statistical data sourced from the States and Union Territories of India. The ...
Document: Draft National Energy Policy - NITI Aayog
The NITI Aayog, tasked by the Government of India to draw up the National Energy Policy, has published the Draft National Energy ...
Banning Cow Slaughter by Stealth
The contentious issue of cow slaughter has been revived with the notification of The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation ...
Enabling Social Accountability: The Community Health Worker Programmes of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand
The Mitanin and Sahiyya community health worker programmes of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand were initiated by civil society and state ...
Demonetisation and Black Money
The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy and Asian College of Journalism is organising a Public discussion on ...
At the City’s Margins: Coal, Land and Livelihoods in Chennai
Ennore’s coastal fishing villages, which are surrounded by coal-fired power plants, are often described as being at the social and ...
Union Budget 2017: A Panel Discussion
The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy and the Southern India Chamber of Commerce and Industry is organising a Panel ...
Withdrawal of Legal Tender of ₹500 and ₹1000: Gazette Notification and RBI Statement
Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs), Notification in the Gazette of India (November 8, ...
Official Document: Draft National Education Policy 2016
The Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India, has shared some inputs on the draft National Education ...
Reservation in Educational Institutions: Who Gains from Abolishing the Common Entrance Test (CET) in Tamil Nadu
At a time when the need for and effectiveness of a Common Entrance Test (CET) to professional colleges is debated across the ...
Net Neutrality and Keeping the Internet Free in India
In February 2016, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released the "Prohibition of Discriminatory Tariffs for ...
Official document: Creation of NITI Aayog
The Government has replaced Planning Commission with a new institution named NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming ...
Draft National Health Policy 2015
The primary aim of the National Health Policy, 2015, is to inform, clarify, strengthen and prioritize the role of the Government ...
Draft National Health Policy 2015
The primary aim of the National Health Policy, 2015, is to inform, clarify, strengthen and prioritize the role of the Government ...
Telangana - Dealing with the Costs of Division: A Dialogue Towards Reconciliation
On September 21st, 2013, The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy organised a consultation in Hyderabad, "Dealing with ...
Twisted Willow: Gambling, Sport & Cricket in India
In the context of the raging controversy over the Indian Premier League betting and match-fixing episodes, there has been ...