Four years after the Government of India launched the Swachch Bharat Mission (SBM), what is the reality in rural Uttar Pradesh, India's largest State?
Although home to 43.6 crore children and the largest number of adolescents in the word, India has consistently fallen short in public spending for its
Even after 70 years of Independence, India has not stabilised in the sphere of higher education. It continues to grapple with problems of unemployment
In the context of the raging controversy over the Indian Premier League betting and match-fixing episodes, there has been considerable public concern
As India steps into its 77thyear of Independence, it has moved a considerable distance from its lofty founding vision of ushering in a new
What are schools meant to do for adolescent-aged children? Are they merely institutions that instil conformity while imparting basic knowledge of the
India's education system has remained a much-discussed, but less understood social issue. Its linkages with development are complex, and so are the ec
The film 'Padmavat' glorifies mass suicide by Rajput women as a mode of voluntary death that confers honour on the community. Historical precedents of
The 2015-16 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4), the fourth in the NFHS series, provides information on population, health, and nutrition for India
Aadhaar’s principal goals were to end fraud and reach welfare to the poorest. But in practice it has achieved neither. The claimed elimination of bogu
Independent India was conceived as a celebration of indigenous diversity. Making the case for progressing from diversity to pluralism, M.A. Kalam
A new report by the Indian Council of Medical Research, the Public Health Foundation of India, and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation pro
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has invited comments on a Draft National Patient Safety Implementation Framework (NPSIF).The goal
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has published the Draft Rules and Regulations under the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017. It has requested
The Annual Health Survey is conducted across nine states of India to monitor the government's various health interventions, including those under the
The Supreme Court of India, on August 22, 2017, set aside the practice of Talaq-e-Biddat (triple talaq). An excerpt from the Judgment read:
India currently has the largest share of youth population in the world, 34.8 per cent as per the 2011 Census, and would continue to hold so for the ne
In the 2011 Census, the proportion of people living with disabilities was put at 2.21 per cent of the population. To throw light on their status, the
Post December 2012, the exclusive focus on legal reform in relation to sexual offences has led to some controversial options being considered such as
Contrary to popular perception, caste politics in Punjab has not been fully and adequately resolved either through the dominant influence of Sikhism,
Demands for a common civil code by sections of the polity have brought into focus some features of the Muslim personal law in India. However, a better
Brij Kishore Singh of the 1976 batch of the Indian Forest Service served the State of Karnataka for nearly 38 years in different wings of the Forest D
Some months ago, I reliably learnt that the Narendra Modi Government had approached Bezwada Wilson for a Padma award but that he had shown no intere
The Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India, has shared some inputs on the draft National Education Policy (NEP) 2016. The
Is the air we breathe killing us slowly? It is, apparently. In this article, The Hindu Centre’s Public Policy Scholar, Mukul Kumar, highlights
Much of the tax-payer angst against JNU is not grounded in rational argument but appears to be a reaction – both against the University’s changing ca
Jallikattu has become a contentious issue wherein cattle protection and rights are interwoven with human identity politics in India. In this article,
The Justice Verma Committee report acts as a blueprint for the radical transformation of gender relations within the framework of constitutional guara
The life and death of Aruna Shanbaug, comatose for over four decades after she was raped, calls for a reexamination of India's policies towards victim
The Nirbhaya agitation of 2012 not only removed the stigma surrounding rape but also gave women the hope that their complaint would be heard.
A law making it mandatory for health warnings to cover 85 per cent of the total display area on packages of tobacco products was put on hold in March,
India’s Daughter, by telling us how particular rapists think, forces us to confront that this is what many men, from every demographic across the coun
The primary aim of the National Health Policy, 2015, is to inform, clarify, strengthen and prioritize the role of the Government in shaping health sys
The Second Rukmini Devi Memorial Lecture delivered by Romila Thapar, Emeritus Professor in Ancient History, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New D
This Issue Brief is an attempt to understand the challenges before the health system in India and why these challenges persist. The year 2016 and 2
If the Delhi gang rape was all about ‘how can this happen in India’, the messages from Western perspectives on Badaun seem to suggest, ‘this can happe
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, which rode to power on the back of popular disenchantment, has a lot to deliver to keep up its poll promise
"The National Health Profile highlights substantial health information under six major indicators viz. Demographic indicators giving information
Why do rape victims turn hostile witnesses in court or settle for mediation with the perpetrators? Nithya Nagarathinam suggests that mediation
Any attempt to eradicate to child labour must recognise the complexity of the issue and must address the range of direct and indirect factors that con
By appropriating female consent in sexual matters, misogyny denies women the right to stand up to sexual abuse from violent husbands.
The Union Ministry of Labour and Employment has prepared a draft Labour Code on Industrial Relations Bill, 2015. The stated objective of the governmen
What does the recent attack on the Indian army by the newly formed United National Liberation Front of Western South East Asia (UNLFW) led by SS Khapl
The political discourse and debate on gender has hit an all-time low in this election campaign, observes Kavita Krishnan, who says that it is chilling
Is the beef ban really about protecting animals? By challenging conventional notions of animal welfare that are deeply couched in a lop-sided religiou
Every year, Delhi's residents are affected by mosquito-borne diseases like dengue and chikungunya. This year, the national capital saw one of its w
The withdrawal of Wendy Doniger’s 'The Hindus: An Alternative History', encapsulates the challenges facing freedom of academic expression in an India
The special fast track court set up to try "Nirbhaya’s" rapists has handed over a problematic verdict, says The Hindu Centre’s Chief Researc
Sexual crimes committed by men tend to be explained away as ‘mistakes’ in India. This defence infantilises the actions of an adult perpetrator after a
A leading British historian of colonial south India, David Washbrook, Research Professor in South Asian History, Trinity College, Cambridge, U.K., see
"The steady exchange of people, ideas and culture between the people of Tamil Nadu and Tamils around the world has built a virtual community, an
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
India's road network carries close to 90 per cent of the country's passenger traffic and about 60 per cent of its freight. This sector also includes t
The National Statistical Office (NSO) in its 77th Round carried out a survey on “Land and Livestock Holdings of Households and Sit
The annual Crime In India reports published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) since 1953, provide country-wide data on crime. This page con
The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, conducted the latest survey on All India Debt & Investment
The 2015-report by the National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi, to evaluate the effect of computerisation in district and subordinate
The e-Committee of the Supreme Court of India's Draft Model Rules For Live Streaming and Recording of Court Proceedings.
Rapid assessment of learning during school closures in the context of COVID-19 can be accessed here:
Data for Better Lives: World Development Report 2021, published by World Bank Group can be accessed here:
The following is the full text of the report, 'World Population Ageing 2020: Highlights'. Source: United Nations, New York, 2020
World Migration Report 2020 Source: International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Menstrual hygiene, an essential building block of a woman’s health, suffers wanton neglect in India’s public discourse. Though public policies are in
The Union Budget 2015-16 continues to place healthcare at the periphery of the state's activities. Sumanth C. Raman calls for greater public al
The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog has published its annual Performance of Health Outcomes Index for the year 2017-18. The r
The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, has uploaded the draft National Education Policy 2019 on its website. Comments and su
Analysing the results of the Lok Sabha elections in 2014 in the 133 scheduled tribes dominated constituencies in the country, the Community Forest Res
The Chairperson of the Infosys Foundation, Sudha Murty, is well-known for her work in the field of social welfare. She is a technocrat devoted
The evangelical zeal with which Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has sought to protect cows has caused an administrative crisis. Farmers,
As India gears up for another general election, the politics of poverty eradication has again gained centre-stage; and there has been a great deal of
Presenting the Union interim budget for 2019-’20, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal hailed the creation of Ayushman Bharat as a major achievement of the N
‘Healthcare’, in the modern world, is conveniently, but wrongly, conflated with ‘medicare’ and is, consequently, increasingly being designed to maximi
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government recently launched Ayushman Bharat (AB), promising it would revoluti
There is no denying that the University Grants Commission (UGC) has failed to discharge its obligations towards higher education. However, the Higher
In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court allowed entry of women of all ages into the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala in Kerala.
Farm loan waivers have always evoked strong emotions. The latest instance is from the southern State, Karnataka, where the new ruling coalition announ
The Union Ministry of Human Resources Development (HRD) plans to dissolve the University Grants Commission and replace it with a Higher Education Comm
The Government of India, on June 1, 2018, framed a scheme for the sharing of the Cauvery waters. An Extraordinary Gazette notified the establishment o
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India, has come out with a publication, "Children in India 2018 - A Statistical
V.S. Sambandan of The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy critically assesses the implications of a recent debate, between distinguished econo
