Initially, the union territory status for Ladakh was viewed favourably by most Ladakhis, but soon, its leaders anda majority of Ladakhis began to feel that they were better off before the abrogation ...

These videos, widely circulated during election campaigns, sparked vigorous debate about the ethics of resurrecting the deceased for contemporary political messaging and their implications for public ...

The growth of the Indian economy during the last decade, especially after the GFC, lagged behind the fast-growth period of the 2000s. Building on this foundation, India aims to achieve high-income ...

In comparison to the World Inequality Database, the National Sample Survey data not only underestimates the level of inequality at any point in time but can also give an erroneous picture about the ...

At the same time, the food subsidy of the union government has increased from ₹1,05,673 crore in 2016–17 (0.38% of gross domestic product [GDP]) to ₹2,72,502 crore in 2022–23 (0.52% of GDP), at a ...

For too long, India has relied almost exclusively on household consumption expenditure surveys—based on data collected through successive rounds of the National Sample Survey (NSS)—as a proxy for ...

While the number of metropolitan cities in India is rapidly increasing, they are also becoming increasingly disorganised and chaotic. All citizens, rich or poor, face squalor, insecurity, and ...

On the positive side, the report expects that the slowdown in the global economy, after the import tariff hikes in the United States (US), will be rather modest and may not be as significant as ...

The book reframes Sufism as an embedded civil force, neither apolitical mysticism nor resistance in disguise, but a living tradition negotiating power on its terms.

Such outmigration has long been identified in the literature as a source of non-labour income for the households, which eases their budget constraints, raises reservation wages and alters the labour ...

T P NajemOn May 24, 2000, Israeli troops withdrew from southern Lebanon, ending 22 years of occupation. The withdrawal took place liter­ally overnight and in front of the international media, which ...